Posted April 05, 2023in Art News
Tom Jackson is a dazzling, versatile Iowa artist. He has worked in painting, photography and ink brush drawing. His abstraction works tend to become fascinated with geometrics. His realist works [...]
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Posted March 01, 2023in Art News
Jeff Fleming is retiring from his directorship at the Des Moines Art Center in late April. That makes the new 75th anniversary exhibition his swan song. Because he came to [...]
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Posted February 01, 2023in Art News
It’s barely February, but I can’t imagine 2023 will produce a more profound galley show than Scott Charles Ross’ Ukrainian Project at Moberg Gallery. Ross has made a career by [...]
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Posted January 04, 2023in Art News
It’s a very new year for the arts world. The Metropolitan Opera is back after a long shutdown in observance of New York’s COVID dogma and then a system shutdown [...]
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Posted November 30, 2022in Art News
Next year should be big for Des Moines arts institutions. In recent years, the Des Moines Art Center has worked to improve its collection of photography, particularly that of the [...]
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Posted November 02, 2022in Art News
In October, British green anarchists attacked Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” with cans of tomato soup. Others glued themselves to Van Gogh’s “Peach Trees in Blossom.” Their motivation? “Fuel is unaffordable to [...]
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Posted October 05, 2022in Art News
“You can take the girl out of the garden, but you can’t take the garden out of the girl.” – Adele Renault Love her or not, Adele Renault makes people [...]
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Posted August 31, 2022in Art News
Olson Larsen’s main gallery is closed while a new roof is built on the building. But the shows must go on, and the gallery has been innovative. By press time, [...]
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Posted August 03, 2022in Art News
Bill Luchsinger and Karen Strohbeen open their annual show Aug. 12 at Moberg Gallery. The pioneer digital couple are Iowa’s most popular artists by several measures, including total works sold. [...]
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Posted July 06, 2022in Art News
“Contemporary Abstraction: Collaging Space and Color” is playing at Moberg Gallery through Sept. 2. It’s an ambitious exhibition that includes works by 20 artists from around the world. All work [...]
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