The Sacred and the Profane
If you love the circus, you should have a good time at “The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art,” the first survey and major scholarly assessment of the artist’s [...]
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Posted March 03, 2021in Art News
Posted February 03, 2021in Art News
Jeremiah Elbel and the madness of crowds
This column used to present a “best and worst of the year” reckoning. Ten years ago, we declared a young Jeremiah Elbel the artist of the year. That honor was [...]
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Posted January 06, 2021in Art News
The inauguration of Moberg’s new building
Moberg Gallery stayed busy during the pandemic by moving into its own building behind Noah’s on Grand Avenue. To open, they are showing off the new space and its tall [...]
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Posted December 02, 2020in Art News
Watercolor’s lightness and levity
In December of 1866, 11 painters gathered in New York City to form what would later become known as the American Watercolor Society. At that time, watercolor was considered a [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Art News
Black Stories matter at the Des Moines Art Center
“Black Stories” is the latest main galleries exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center. More than anything, it shows off the permanent collection of the museum. Secondly, it shows a [...]
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Posted September 30, 2020in Art News
Classics thrive when not much is new
The art world lags behind the sports world in reopening — except in the public schools of Des Moines where they are recalcitrant to offer activities to the students. So, [...]
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Posted September 02, 2020in Art News
Art in the year of the virus and violence
The Des Moines Art Center has re-opened with some cute posters of famous pieces of art with people wearing those familiar baby blue masks that Hanes, the men’s underwear company, [...]
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Posted August 05, 2020in Art News
The Great Romantic
The world, even the U.S, has had time to adjust to life without packed crowds at sports events and to life without some sports at all. Yet the talk about [...]
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Posted July 01, 2020in Art News
The untimely and the most timely
The art world has traditionally had an off-season, usually summer. Before air conditioning, patrons and artists aestivated in the mountains while urban arts venues shut down. The Des Moines Metro [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Art News
Chris Vance growing up
Check websites before venturing out to the world that remains socially undistanced. CITYVIEW has been following Chris Vance for nearly 20 years now. His paintings attracted us with an affinity [...]
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