Source artforum.com  Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) on April 25 announced the appointment of Ryan N. Dennis to the role of senior curator and director of public initiatives, effective this June. The Houston-born

Source Design You Trust  In recent times, there has been a surge in partnerships between cult brands, as evidenced by the Heinz and Absolute Vodka collaboration which resulted in a vodka sauce. The trend has continued with Victor Martens’ imaginative collaboration between Nike and Ikea, aptly named “Nikea.” The collaboration features Nike Dünks sneakers in…

Source Colossal    To coincide with the first major U.K. exhibition of works by the Renaissance great Donatello, the Victoria and Albert Museum released the latest addition to its How was it made? series, which explores the process behind some of art history’s most lauded pieces. The short video follows sculptor Simon Smith as he creates a…

Source artforum.com  Michel Draguet on April 24 announced that he will depart as director of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Belgium, on April 30, when his contract expires, rather than seek a fourth term in the role. His

Source Colossal   All images © Susannah Carson, shared with permission On vintage serving ware and ornately decorated plates, artist Susannah Carson renders fragmented portraits of women who peer out from the center of the vessels. The oil paintings evoke the Georgian tradition of the “lover’s eye,” sentimental miniatures depicting the facial features of a spouse, child,…

Source Artsy Shark  The collaborative duo of Gray Johnson presents a dynamic collection of digital art created with layered images. The post Featured Artists Gray Johnson appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  There are thousands of paintings that exist in the backrooms of museums, forgotten by time but still exquisite and tell the story of a period of time. Like street art, that transforms our public spaces and reimagines the experience of city or challenges our perceptions of where…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In the 1967 Jacques Tati film whose title is lent to the present exhibition, Monsieur Hulot (played by the director himself) ponders a modernized world to which he no longer belongs, where he no longer understands the customs or concerns of society. As one era disappears, another…