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WITH ALL DUE RESPECT: Cleveland-based Op-Art pioneer Julian Stanczak should...
Recently the internationally acclaimed master of Op Art, Julian Stanczak, who has lived and worked for the last forty years in Cleveland, Read More
RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT: Analog photographers are not ready to give...
The black-and-white landscape photographs in Welcome to Hard Times—the opening exhibit of the Cleveland Print Room—are a boisterous amalgam of primitive and Read More
THE NINE: The Northern Ohio Art Dealers Association in the 2nd Year of its Rebirth
How many serious commercial art galleries are there, here in northern Ohio? Venues that aren’t museums or college campuses, but where people actually make a Read More
DIRTY ART AND DIRTY HANDS Examining what puts the “porn” in Ruin Porn
Ruin porn--that much-maligned meme for artistic depictions of abandoned buildings--suffers from one intractable problem. Most of those who decry its gratuitous Read More
Frank Green (July 28, 1957–January 23, 2013)
In art and in life, Frank Green made it his mission to push boundaries and make people uncomfortable. In the early nineties he butted heads with Thomas Read More
PLUGGED IN
“Nobody’s ever—kind of—done this before…” Fred Bidwell glances distractedly through his office windows. Outside, the square brick façade of the Bidwell Read More
MOCA and the Dome of Heaven
A museum of contemporary art should catch one’s eye. Appropriately, then, one’s first reaction on seeing Farshid Moussavi’s new museum of contemporary art for Read More
MADE OF CLEVELAND; When the city’s influence goes deep beneath the surface
by Erin O'Brien For some artists, simply depicting Cleveland in their work isn’t enough. From a metal sculptor who hand forges Read More
HERDING CATS: Four artist-organizers discuss the hows and whys
Artists build careers by their individualism. They function on their own clocks, and get attention with original ideas. That means the people who organize Read More
Randall Tiedman: January 31, 1949–November 4, 2012
by Erin O'Brien Randall Tiedman’s body of work spanned nearly five decades. It began with a comic book cover when Tiedman was 15 and included Read More
ArtFace: City Artists At Work, photographed by Herbert Ascherman, Jr.
Back row, left to right: Bill Gould, Read More
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Fall Events
Saturday, Sept. 15 SPAR X City Hop If an art exhibit is like a visual circus, then Sparx City Hop has a little bit in Read More
Small Moment, Big Space
Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art by Read More
Events by Neighborhood
Bay Village : BAYarts PNC Summer Concert Series 2013
BAYarts
June07th through August18th
Beginning June 7th: Free outdoor concerts featuring regional musicians. Grab a picnic, friends and family. Food available at Mojo's Coffee in BAYarts and Vento's next to BAYarts (reservation recommended 440-835-4530). Family friendly, pets on leash only. more...
Individual Artists : Chicks with Balls
Judy Takacs
August09th through August30th
[caption id="attachment_1902" align="alignnone" width="270"] Nina is grace under fire…by Judy Takács[/caption] Judy Takács Paints Unsung Female Heroes Several years ago, Judy more...
