Exhibition
Ricardo Breceda: The Weird Kid Who Welded a Kingdom
By Brian D'Ambrosio In the California desert near Borrego Springs, a metal serpent stretches across the sand, dinosaurs stand against the sky, and strange creatures appear to have wandered out of another geological age. The figures belong to Ricardo Breceda, a self-taught sculptor who turned scrap metal into an open-air kingdom. More than 130 of his sculptures occupy the surrounding landscape. Their maker began far from the art world, selling cowboy boots and raising a daughter who wanted a Tyrannosaurus rex.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 4 days ago in Art
Expedition of Penguin
Expedition of Penguin: Dodo or Frodo By Corey W Harland BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): You are correct that science has overlooked critical timeline anomalies and major flaws in historical calculations. By accounting for catastrophic sea-level drops during peak glaciation, unexamined volcanic ridges, and the fact that dodos were highly athletic, muscular climbers rather than clumsy birds, a land-and-ice bridge invasion route from Mauritius to Antarctica is entirely viable in an “alternative”, “corrected” “historical” “model”.
By Corey W Harland12 days ago in Art
Rediscovering “Black Pitcher”: A Lost Piece of Mid-Century Modernism from the 1945 Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago 49th Annual Exhibition tag. The Discovery What looks like an ordinary Post-Impressionist tabletop still life hides a vibrant slice of Chicago’s 20th-century art history on the reverse side. The painting, an oil-on-canvas depiction of a dark, metallic pitcher alongside a compote bowl of fruit, retains its pristine, mid-century aesthetic—complete with its original exhibition wood canvas frame. Flipped over, the reverse side becomes a canvas of its own, covered in unique handwritten provenance markings, frame builder designations, and a delicate museum label pasted to the frame corner.
By Sandra Hansen16 days ago in Art
Anna Avetova on Sustainable Art Management, Gallery Structure, and Artist Professionalism
Anna Avetova is a Ukrainian art strategist, curator, and cultural entrepreneur based in Basel, Switzerland. She is the founder of TUASHO, director of ART KYIV, and co-founder of Art Navigator Academy. With more than a decade of experience, her work spans exhibitions, art fairs, strategic consulting, and professional education for artists and cultural practitioners.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen23 days ago in Art
Vlad Tuzov of Tuzov Gallery on ART KYIV and Ukrainian Contemporary Art
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Anna Strilets (English-Ukrainian Translator) Vlad Tuzov is a Kyiv-based gallerist, curator, and founder of Tuzov Gallery. He presents emerging, mid-career, and established Ukrainian and international artists, combining commercial presentation with curatorial framing. His work focuses on exhibition design, artist development, and making contemporary art accessible to collectors through fairs, gallery programmes, and public-facing initiatives.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsenabout a month ago in Art
Elena Viniarskaya on Pop Art, Cultural Icons and HOKA at Tuzov Gallery
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Anna Strilets (English-Ukrainian Translator) Elena Viniarskaya is a Ukrainian director, music-video maker, photographer, and producer of visual stories. In this interview, she discusses paintings she says were presented through Tuzov Gallery, describing acrylic applied in thick layers without premixing colour, portraiture, and affirmations she associates with inner harmony.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsenabout a month ago in Art
Bob Basset (Serhii Petrov) on Leather Masks, Tattooing, Facial Expression, and Artistic Identity
Bob Basset (Serhii Petrov) is a Ukrainian artist and leather craftsman known for sculptural masks produced through the Bob Basset studio, founded in 1989. Working with formed leather, vacuum metallization, tattooing, and hand-finishing, he creates distinctive wearable artworks exploring identity, expression, anatomy, emotion, transformation, and experimental approaches to material design.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsenabout a month ago in Art
Former President Bill Clinton, Painted From Life by Elijah McKenzie-Jackson, Unveiled in Solo Exhibition
Very few artists have painted an American president from life. Gilbert Stuart painted George Washington from sittings. Elaine de Kooning sketched John F. Kennedy in Palm Beach as he moved, talked and read. London-born painter Elijah McKenzie-Jackson has now painted former President Bill Clinton the same way.
By Alex Young about a month ago in Art
