4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (141+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Here’s some of what was shared. Thalken was calling the project “Fragments of an Elegy” until a workshop audience reacted poorly to the title. Stuck for a replacement, she and a friend looked into alligator…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (455+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Susan Antinori’s path to funding Idea Capital’s Susan Antinori Visual Artist Award began with a neighbor and friend. Atlanta curator and arts advocate Mary Stanley sits on the Idea Capital Steering Committee. Through her, Antinori…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Wednesday, Sept. 2 — The first of this week’s Sketchbook stories uncovers a past that turns out to be surprisingly contemporary. The other looks at how a new Atlanta arts leader is building a future based on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (246+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta That tour, capped at 30 people and starting at 2 p.m., is the next public entry point into “Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone,” on view at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens through Jan. 3, 2027. “Said in Stone…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (317+ words) Rough Draft Atlanta The Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies will host its first Distinguished Lecture Series of the academic year on Sept. 1 featuring Atlanta University Center alumni artists Amy Sherald and Calida Rawles at Spelman College. The artists…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (275+ words) And Epps is on a mission to change that. Every canvas in the series starts with the same yellow-ochre wash background, a shade similar to what Crayola called “Flesh,” until 1962. For Epps, using the color is a rejection of the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (223+ words) Ahlers & Ogletree is pleased to present its Modern & Contemporary Art & Design Auction taking place Sept. 2 and 3, with a preview reception on Tues., Sept. 1 from 5-8 p.m. during which celebrated artist Philip Moulthrop will discuss his work. This two-day sale brings together an…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (344+ words) Dana Lieberman has spent the past three years working in abstract art. Layered, texture-heavy paintings made from acrylic, charcoal, plaster and found materials. She’s also a yoga and meditation instructor, practices that shape how Lieberman works, leaning into feeling as…...