The McNay Art Museum has partnered with the Guadalupe Dance Company to celebrate its current exhibition “Limitless! Five Women Reshape Contemporary Art.” The exhibition, which.
Posted By Kelly Merka Nelson on Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 8:30 AM click to enlarge Courtesy of McNay Art Museum The McNay s 25th Anniversary Print Fair will be held online this year.
The McNay Art Museum’s Print Fair has long been a great way for locals to get their hands on unique works of art. For its 25th anniversary, the free fair has converted to a fully virtual experience this year. This ain’t just some lazy online storefront, though the McNay has collaborated with print dealers nationwide to curate a cornucopia of artworks for sale, all branching from a central hub on the museum’s website that acts as a roadmap for shoppers to navigate the thousands of prints, photos, drawings and watercolors available for purchase.
Posted By Kelly Merka Nelson on Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 10:03 AM click to enlarge Tony Straiges, Maquette element for Mother s Tree in
Into the Woods, ca. 1987. Painted board and paper, with found objects. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of the artist. The McNay Art Museum s latest exhibition examines how visual artistry helps enhance the experience of the performing arts. Is It Real? Staging Nature showcases a selection of works by stage designers and artists created to mimic the natural world onstage.
Performances including plays, musicals, operas and ballet have been enhanced by stage design inspired by nature. Those designs can range from photorealistic recreations to dreamy, surreal interpretations of flora and fauna.
Posted By Bryan Rindfuss on Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 9:00 AM click to enlarge Richard Armendariz,
Red Saturn and His Children Evidenced by the curly tailed babirusa (or “pig deer”) scrawled on the wall of a cave in Indonesia, animals have been inspiring art for at least 45,500 years. As the oldest muse on record, critters unsurprisingly boast a fascinating art historical record that includes ancient Egyptian cat sarcophagi; a foreboding dog mosaic in the lost city of Pompei; a veritable menagerie created by German Renaissance kingpin Albrecht Dürer; post-impressionist wildlife paintings by Henri Rousseau; watercolors of every imaginable bird by 19th-century naturalist John James Audubon; anthropomorphic self-portraits by Mexican icon Frida Kahlo; and contemporary interpretations that run the gamut from poppy and playful (Jeff Koons) to controversial and