Sunshine at Mattatuck Museum thru November 24

Norman Sunshine: The Conversation Pieces

Whittemore Gallery
Mattatuck Museum

September 22, 2013 - November 24, 2013

For two years, from 1995 to 1997, painter Norman Sunshine focused his energies on the production of a series of group portraits. These large scale paintings took as their subjects Sunshine’s friends and neighbors in Litchfield County, Connecticut, where some of New York City’s luminaries keep country homes. As a social diary, these paintings document the lifestyles and relationships of the social elite including well-known figures in the literary, art and music worlds such as Paige Rense Noland, Peter Duchin and Brooke Haywood.With these candid tableaux, Sunshine provides an intimate look at a privileged class and chronicles the complexity of interpersonal relationships.

LINES + SPACES, Sept. 3 - Oct. 6

The Joseloff Gallery Guest Curator Series
September 3 - October 6, 2013
Guest Curator: John Yau.
Panel Discussion & Opening Reception: September 5, 2013

More about LINES + SPACES.

Hamm Collection given to NBMAA

William Partridge Burpee, "Swampscott Dory," 1891. Part of the Charles and Irene Hamm collection donated to the New Britain Museum of American Art.

NBMAA Given 165 Coastal Paintings And $1 Million

The New Britain Museum of American Art announced this week the gift of 165 paintings, all of them of coastal images, as well as a $1 million donation to the museum's capital campaign.

Klimowicz at Morrison Gallery

CARDBOARD SCULPTOR HENRY KLIMOWICZ WILL BE ‘TAKING OVER’ THE MORRISON GALLERY IN KENT STARTING JULY 20TH

Henry Klimowicz, a sculptor/installation artist who works in cardboard, launches a show called ‘Taking Over’ at The Morrison Gallery, starting Saturday, July 20th. The exhibit will feature many recent large scale works arrayed throughout the 7,000 square foot gallery located in the Old Barn section of town near the corner of Routes 7 and 341.

Klimowicz’s inventiveness combined with the adaptable nature of his work creates a sculpture exhibition unprecedented at the gallery. Included are several large pieces that climb 17 feet high, accentuating the vaulted ceiling of the gallery. And, in a small room Klimowicz has created an extension of his studio, adapting larger pieces to a small space and covering the walls and ceilings with his organic and abstract forms.

Morrison Gallery
8 Old Barn Road | Kent, Connecticut 06757
HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM | Sunday 1 PM - 4 PM
PHONE: 860.927.4501

Lee and Kendra at Lost Acres Vineyard

Jim Lee	Walter Kendra

Jim Lee and Walter Kendra

Art Exhibit
June 7 through June 30
Artists Reception June 20 from 5:30 to 8pm

LOST ACRES VINEYARD
80 Lost Acres Road
North Granby CT 06060

Willis at Five Points

"Squeeze Play "
Paintings, Drawing and Prints by John Willis
March 29 thru April 28
Five Points Gallery
Opening Reception
Friday, April 5, 6-8pm

Artist's Talk
Friday, April 19, 6pm

Squeeze Play is the upcoming exhibition at Five Points Gallery of artist John Willis’s recent drawings, prints and paintings. Inspired by architectural structures such as bridges, tobacco barns, fences, and shipping crates, Willis explores the inevitable defects and deterioration of these constructions to comment on the precariousness and fragility of contemporary life.

http://www.johnwillisstudio.com

Käthe Kollwitz prints at U. of St. Joseph

An exhibit of etchings, lithographs and woodcuts by the legendary Käthe Kollwitz, who chronicled the lives of the working classes in Germany in the early 20th century, will be on exhibit until Sunday, March 17, at the Art Gallery at University of St. Joseph.

A gallery talk and reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 21, at 5:30 p.m.

The gallery is in The Bruyette Athenaeum on USJ’s West Hartford campus at 1678 Asylum Ave.

Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday: 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free of charge.

Calafiore - Looking Through a Glass Darkly

"Looking Through a Glass, Darkly" the work of Robert Calafiore

These one-of-a-kind photographs are made using a pinhole camera on traditional light sensitive color paper. They are exposed for 30 minutes to 30,000 watts of light and then processed in a darkroom with chemistry. There are no film negatives and there is no digital technology. The color is achieved through lighting and he objects themselves.

ARTSPACE-Torrington
Exhibition Dates
Friday, January 11th thru February 8th 2013.

Opening Reception
Friday, January 25th 6-8pm

Artist Talk
Friday, February 8th 6pm


The gallery is located at 33 Main Street, Torrington, CT.

Gallery on Green - Members' New Work

Gallery on the Green
Members' New Work
January 11 - February 10

Opening Reception : January 12, 6-9 p.m.

Spotlight Gallery

Kathleen Borkowski

Upper Gallery

Suzanne Levy

Dine, Hockney & Summers prints

Dine, Hockney and Summers: Contemporary Prints from the Paul and Teresa Kanev Collection

Oct. 19, 2012–Jan. 20, 2013

Opening Reception
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, 2-3:30 p.m.

Though its visibility has often been overshadowed by painting, performance and installation art, contemporary printmaking has been the focus of many artists working in the late 20th and 21st centuries. Debuting on October 19, Dine, Hockney and Summers: Contemporary Prints from the Paul and Teresa Kanev Collection aims to give greater attention to achievements in this medium. The exhibition, drawn from the collection of Dr. Paul and Mrs. Teresa Kanev, comprises approximately 20 impressive etchings, lithographs, woodblocks and cardboard reliefs by Jim Dine (b. 1935), David Hockney (b. 1937), and Carol Summers (b. 1925).

More info:
New Britian Museum of American Art

Disperse and Converge - Artspace, Sept. 18-29

"Disperse and Converge" opens Sept. 18-29th, an diverse group of HAS MFA alum return to Hartford for a showing of their newest art works including painting, photography, installation, sculpture and mixed media. Artists will be coming in from Mass., Conn. and N.Y. to join the exhibit. Artspace Hartford, 555 Asylum St. Hartford CT 06105, 860.548.9975. Gallery hours: everyday 1-4 CLOSED 9/25-27, Artists' Reception Sat.Sept. 22, 6-8 pm, and open during Envisionfest Sept. 29, 1-4.

Participating Hartford Art School Alum:

Linda Abadjian
Luis Angulo
Ellen Augarten
Anita Gangi Balkun
Paul Batch
Susan Bradley
Christine Breslin
Daniel Buttrey
Joyce Conlon
Susan Finnegan
Stephanie Lauretano
Kerry St. Laurent
Kevin Van Aeist
Yee-fun Yin

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
OPENING FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012 [EXTENDED THRU 9/2]
Real Art Ways

Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention.

Ai Weiwei Never Sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai while working as a journalist in China. Her detailed portrait provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures.

Stephen Brown: Legacy

The exhibition, titled Stephen Brown: Legacy, will take place in the Joseloff Gallery beginning September 4. There will be a gala opening reception on Thursday, September 6 from 5-7pm in the gallery, with a live auction of original Stephen Brown artworks beginning at 7pm. The exhibition will continue through October 14.

See Joseloff Gallery.

Robert Hughes obit

The art critic Robert Hughes has died. Read the BBC obituary.