Art News

Chicago Works: Paul Heyer MCA Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611 January 16 - July 1, 2018

Important George Washington Inaugural Button Highlights Frent Collection Part II at Heritage Auctions Feb. 24 auction presents mint Abraham Lincoln ambrotype badge

The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) presents an innovatively organized exhibition of work by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982), the first solo presentation in more than a decade of work by the accomplished artist, filmmaker, and writer.

Bridget Riley: Recent Paintings 2014 – 2017 David Zwirner24 Grafton Street London, W1S 4EZ January 19—March 10, 2018

Artist and craftsman Wendell Castle has died at the age of 85. Credited with being the father of the art furniture movement, Castle created a new genre, bridging sculpture and furniture seamlessly. His body of work is full of beautifully crafted, playful, organic furniture that remains functional while sparking the imagination.

The Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) presents Melting Point: Movements in Contemporary Clay, a group exhibition of 22 artists whose experimental manipulation of clay expands the technical, aesthetic, and metaphoric potential of the ceramic object.

Tamayo: The New York Years features over forty of the Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo’s (1899-1991) paintings and prints, as well as reproductions of murals by the artist and his key influences. The introductory wall text informs us that unlike some of his well known mural artist peers, Tamayo was more concerned with the creative process than with overtly politicized themes. Yet the exhibition walks us through the artist’s New York-based world in such a thorough way as to demonstrate how deeply immersed he was in his urban, artistic, and even political surroundings.

Stories of Almost Everyone Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd.  Los Angeles, CA  90024 January 28– May 6, 2018

The Artist Sees Differently: Modern Still Lifes from The Phillips Collection and Landscapes Behind Cézanne open this winter PRINCETON, N.J. – Innovative works by great modern artists – including Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso, Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe, Marsden Hartley and Milton Avery – will be included in two exhibitions opening this winter at the Princeton University Art Museum.

A Universal History of Infamy January 27 - October 6, 2018 Charles White Elementary School 2401 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057 Open Saturdays, 1–4 pm.