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The Cuban-born, Cleveland-based artist Augusto Bordelois is showing some striking works at Cleveland State U. The exhibition, titled "Based on a True Story," is filled with large-format paintings full of bold colors and simple shapes…
The Cleveland Museum of Art, like most museums, rotates the paintings in its permanent collection. The museum recently rotated its Dutch School collection, happily bringing into view this little gem by Gerrit Dou. When I…
NE Ohio Joseph O'Sickey died Monday at the age of 94. I Reviewed his current show at The Bonfoey Gallery here.
Just now there is a lot of news and information about O'Sickey. The Canton Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of his work through July 21, and the Bonfoey Gallery's exhibition runs through the…
Stephen Pentak has responded by email to my review of his exhibition at the Bonfoey Gallery last fall. Because my readers might be interested in the exchange, Mr. Pentak has generously agreed to let me…
The contemporary figurative artist Eric Fischl has written, with the aid of Michael Stone, his autobiography--Bad Boy: My Life On and Off the Canvas. Because Fischl's work stands to the side of several currents in…
The works in Virgie Ezelle Patton's show at William Busta span the last two decades. That's a lot of time to cover in a typical exhibition, but not enough time for a retrospective, especially for…
Yesterday, my son, John-Parker, was incredulous when I told him I didn't have a favorite among my paintings. “Being an artist,” I told him, “is similar to being a musician. Sometimes I’m the composer and the theme…
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