Releases
Gavin Pretor-Pinney wants you to look up
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Clouds are one of the first things we learn to draw, but how often do we really think about them? Realistically speaking, not unless we want to check on the weather. Gavin Pretor-Pinney wants to change that. The cloud enthusiast will speak at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia on Thursday, October 17, at 5:30 p.m. His lecture “Cloudspotting for Beginners” will inspire people to...
Deborah Roberts’ unique take on blackness
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Artists often use their medium to express identity — both how society views others and how we view ourselves. Texas-based artist Deborah Roberts has run with this idea and made it her own. Her first book, “Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi,” was just published by Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, which collaborated on the project fo...
Fall Museum Mix features original house music blend
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host its fall Museum Mix on Thursday, September 19, from 8 to 11 p.m. Troy Hicks, known as DJ Zelium, will be mixing a fun blend of house music throughout the night. All of the galleries will be open for this late-night art party, and free food and refreshments will be provided by local Athens restaurants. As always, this event is complet...
Corrine Colarusso’s “Twilight” paintings at Georgia Museum of Art
Thursday, August 15, 2019
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia is currently displaying two large works by Georgia artist Corrine Colarusso in its permanent collection galleries. “Stack of Twilight” and “Shaking the Twilight, Reeds Rain and Vapors” are on view through November 17, in the museum’s Barbara and Sanford Orkin Gallery.
Colarusso received her undergraduate degree in painting from the Unive...
Peter Aaron’s photographs show a lost Syria
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
In 2009, while on a family trip to Syria, architectural photographer Peter Aaron shot dozens of images of historic sites. Two years later, as part of the Arab Spring uprisings, protesters demanded that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad step down. Their violent suppression began a civil war that has continued to the present day and resulted in the destruction of many of the sites Aaron photographed....