Drawing on a long tradition of artists taking inspiration from the natural world, Rochester Contemporary’s new exhibit “Landscapes and the Unbuilt” presents meditations by several local artists on various properties conserved by the Genesee Land Trust.
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Nathan Lyons retrospective at Eastman Museum
It’s the first retrospective that focuses on his photographs as a whole, exhibiting his late-life shift to digital color photography alongside his early work.
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RoCo’s new screening room features ongoing video art series
A new space within Rochester Contemporary Art Center is dedicated to screening video art programs curated by artists from other Great Lakes cities.
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RIT’s new City Art Space opens downtown
We’re digging this great use of a former retail spot, and the trend of more art spaces in center city. The inaugural show features work by Willie Osterman and Leonard Urso.
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‘Under Pressure’ print show returns to Roco
Now in its third year, the annual show presented by Rochester Contemporary and the Print Club of Rochester is a showcase of contemporary printmaking that pushes boundaries.
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Review: ‘Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process’
The MAG exhibition showcases eight of Monet’s 40 paintings of the Waterloo Bridge, including the MAG’s own jewel-like version, “Waterloo Bridge, Veiled Sun,” and seven other versions borrowed from North American sister institutions.
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Little painted wonders of Josephine Tota resurrected by MAG
“The Surreal Visions of Josephine Tota” includes more than 90 paintings that the artist made in the late stages of her life. Tota was 70 years old when she began painting small, intricately detailed, surreal works in egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panels.
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David Levinthal’s gaze: ‘War, Myth, Desire’ at Eastman Museum
The major retrospective presents the overarching themes present throughout Levinthal’s photographic career. But what does his lens have to say about his subject matter?
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Exhibit explores black women artists’ fight for representation
The massive exhibit “We Wanted a Revolution” is a survey of the work and activism of black women artists in the era of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. But how much have art world demographics really changed?
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‘Nosferatu’ exhibition connects film and mental health at MAG
Filmmaker Javier Téllez and his collaborators wanted to focus on those who are stigmatized and condemned to invisibility.
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Four galleries exhibit Danny Allen retrospective
Some people wake up from the fever dream of youthful turbulence and substance-tinged madness into steadiness; others don’t make it. Rochester-based artist Danny Allen was central to the city’s young art scene in the late 1960’s and early 70’s before he ended his life in 1974 at age 28. A four-venue retrospective exhibition of Allen’s […]
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‘Black Magic Slays Magical Negro’ events celebrate creativity of WOC
Oprah recently gave an inspiring speech, and suddenly people began calling for her to make a 2020 bid and fix this nation’s ills. With this in mind, Rachel DeGuzman of 21st Century Arts has continued her crucial “At the Crossroads: Art + Justice” programming this month with a four-part series, “Black Magic Slays Magical Negro,” […]
