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Recently I went to Chicago for the day to go to two art exhibits–a wonderful photography presentation at the Chicago Institute of Art and a Calder exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Both were interesting, stimulating and worth seeing.
With just two busy weeks to go before the official start of ArtPrize, I simply had to see how Jeff Zimmermann, the Chicago artist who is painting an absolutely huge mural on the side of the Kendall College of Art and Design building, is progressing. Here are a few shots to compare with...
Holland, Michigan is a great little town to visit. Holland is clearly a tourist destination along what we love to call the West Coast of Michigan. Busloads of people pour into town every year to enjoy the Tulip Festival. Thousands, maybe millions of tulips blasting color, kids in wooden shoes...
Big Surprise: the Dale Chihuly exhibit at the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids is so popular that the wise folks at the Gardens have decided to extend the run until the end of October. It is really worth going to see. When I first heard that the 15th anniversary of...
When I told a designer friend that we’d be spending a week in Barcelona he said enthusiastically, “Oh, you will love Barcelona. It’s like Paris. In fact, I like it better.” He was right. Like Paris, Barcelona has art, great food and interesting architecture. Extremely walkable, it is a city...
This is how some people might feel after a visit to the Denver Art Museum–upside down and all discombobulated. A recent visit to the Denver Art Museum (DAM) certainly left me perplexed. What to think about this controversial structure? Is it an interesting urban sculpture or tortured...
Saugatuck, MI is a very colorful place. That’s part of why I like it. I also like the creative energy, the beautiful setting on the Lake Michigan coastline and the fun time I have when I go there. I meandered around Saugatuck yesterday with some friends who were visiting us from Texas. They...
The Modern Wing of the Chicago Institue of Art opened with great fanfare last May and I wasted no time in getting over to see it. I recently returned for a second look at the massive structure with a 300 million dollar budget. The Modern Wing could be called a temple for the...
Before I let ArtPrize lay dormant until September 2010 when Grand Rapids buzzes and twitters about hundreds, maybe thousands of works of art installed around the city, I’d like to re visit ArtPrize 2009 to take a look at one of my favorite artists and her submission. Ok, right up front, with...
“After Vermeer, Rachel as a 9th Grader” by Dennis Grantz This ArtPrize entry is a photomosiac created from 8,480 images from student file folders on the network server of the school where Dennis Grantz teaches. In the artist’s statement, he says, “It’s a face...