After decades of workmanlike progress in his career, the late Cleveland-based artist Michelangelo Lovelace had just begun to see his star rise: in 2018, Fort Gansevoort Gallery in New York presented his solo show, The Land. The Cleveland Museum of Art had acquired his painting, My Home Town. Then Lovelace was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, and passed away in […]
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Cleveland artist Michelangelo Lovelace had a long career of accomplishment that was further on the rise in recent years, with recognition both in Cleveland and beyond. He passed away at 7:20 am Monday, April 26, after a bout with pancreatic cancer, according to his sister, Janine Lovelace. He had been diagnosed in April, 2020. He is survived by his wife […]
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Opening March 8 in the Heights Arts group exhibition space is a show that could be titled Playing. The artists in SIDEWAYS THINKING—Leslye Discont Arian, Catherine Butler, Julianne Edberg, Laurie Garrett, Jenny Mendes, and Melissa O’Grady—take us to alternate, more fantastic worlds. Guest curator Julianne Edberg says, “When we play, we let loose the inspired part of our mind to […]
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Since his death in 2006, Rev. Albert Wagner’s family has been working to establish a museum to commemorate the self-taught artist and minister. After many years and setbacks, the Wagner Museum of Art has officially been established as a nonprofit. Bonita Wagner Johnson, the reverend’s daughter and driving force behind the museum, said she is also close to regaining […]
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