Paper pizza from Las Vegas
The most elaborate installation in years at the Des Moines Art Center runs through Oct. 24. Justin Favela is a 34-year-old artist of Guatemalan and Mexico heritage who was born and [...]
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Posted August 04, 2021in Art News
Posted June 30, 2021in Art News
A new summer for the arts
The city would do well to christen this summer as the season of the Lauridsens. Summer used to mean aestivation for the arts. Music and gallery seasons began in September [...]
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Posted June 02, 2021in Art News
From architect to artist
Latest show at DMAC is “Manos” (hands), a study of forearms and cupped hands made after José Clemente Orozco’s own left hand was amputated after an accident with fireworks. The latest [...]
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Posted May 05, 2021in Art News
A superstar, a design star and a populist star
Julian Schnabel is a big deal. When asked about his recent acquisitions of Julian Schnabel works, Steven Vail, of Steven Vail Fine Arts, responded, “These are somewhat unbelievable to be [...]
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Posted March 31, 2021in Art News
40 Years of Print Club gifts
Forty years ago, a few art lovers got together to create a Print Club. Modeled on similar clubs attached to major art museums in Cleveland and Philadelphia, the club would [...]
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Posted March 03, 2021in Art News
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 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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