Full disclosure, I have long loved Greg Donley’s photography. Why? The way he constructs these long horizontal works creates a left to right cinematic effect with the splicing. Therefore, from a distance, each work creates cool visual rhythms of light and space. In addition, he pairs these works into 8 upper and lower groupings duos, hence the title, 8xTwo. The […]
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A new retrospective at WOLFS Gallery revisits one of Cleveland’s most original Modernists and makes a strong case that Sommer is one of America’s most underrecognized artists. More than seventy-five years after his death and a memorial exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1950, William Sommer is once again commanding attention in Northeast Ohio. William Sommer: Visionary Modernist, […]
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Like discovering a mysterious bruise on your thigh, tilting your nose toward a trail of perfume, or tightening your fist around a receding memory, Things That Ache Softly is an exhibition imbued with the intrigue of trying to put your finger on something you can’t quite name, something you had maybe even tried in vain to forget. At her HEDGE […]
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The March 28, No Kings rally in Cleveland was a visual spectacle led by individuals who may not consider themselves artists, but practice their creative freedoms through colorful, authentic imagery. Their cries bounced off of the Free Stamp — whose gigantic letters spelling the word ‘FREE’ seemingly resonated with the cause. At protests, the signs and art are only curated […]
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In our conversations about Artificial Intelligence and its whirlwind of concerns–from job losses to water contamination to power consumption–basic elements of humanity sometimes get lost. In the wake of the Artemis II voyage, which showed to earthlings for the first time ever the dark side of the moon, photographer Daniel Levin takes up the loss and momentary restoration of something […]
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This year, Mary Urbas, long-time curator of From Woman, returned to Understory to mount part of her large-scale, annual exhibition, now in its 19th iteration. As in 2025, art is spread across multiple spaces. In chronological order of their openings, they were at the McDonough Museum at Youngstown State University (January 20–February 28) : Lake Erie College’s BK Smith Gallery […]
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It was in the gentrified urbanity of Uptown Cleveland that a gravelly, Gospel-singing voice stopped me in my tracks, slicing through the sterility of the neighborhood. It resurfaced time and time again from the distant slap of waves and the swell of bluesy keys, ominous and heavy. This soundscape set the scene for When You Are Between the Devil and […]
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Don Harvey’s latest exhibition at William Busta Projects might not look like what you expect, and that’s what makes it so compelling. Harvey is best known for his subversive paintings of figures and animals emerging from evocative geometric landscapes. His current work, however, eschews public expectations in favor of deep introspection. Shaking off the burden of representation, Harvey’s new paintings […]
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Cleveland artist Terry Durst–who with his late, former life partner Dan Tranberg was an integral part of the artistic energy in the Tremont neighborhood from the late 80s to the early 2000s– was found dead in his home in early April 2026, discovered during a welfare check. He was 70 or 71 years old, depending on whether the birthday listed […]
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Before laying eyes on Ann Hamilton: still and moving • the tactile image at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), visitors first make contact through sound at a distance. A pair of pole-mounted Leslie speakers beckons museum-goers with mysterious pings, chirps, and whistles.[1] Entering the first of two rooms that make up this exhibition, viewers encounter a theatrical presentation in […]
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