The New Orleans-based arts nonprofit Pelican Bomb, which runs the online publication of the same name, has announced that it will cease operations on November 30. Founded in 2011 by Cameron Shaw, the organization has regularly published reviews and essays…
Next week, Atlanta Contemporary will join forty-two galleries and seven other nonprofit spaces from twenty-one countries at the fourth edition of Paris Internationale, an art fair established in 2015 as an alternative to traditional art fairs and with the…
TO DO LIST Click on an event or exhibition’s title for more information. *BURNAWAY STAFF PICKS MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 Lexington, KY Talk: Robert Morgan University of Kentucky, Gatton Student Center Ballroom 212C / 6-7:30pm Atlanta, GA First Day: “Common Thread:…
Atlanta’s Hathaway Gallery has announced a solo show by Atlanta-based artist Tori Tinsley as the inaugural exhibition at its new location on Howell Mill Road, just around the corner from where it currently operates. The gallery’s move, which was…
A new space for photography workshops and lectures called The Humid is set to open later this month in Athens, GA. Operated by photographers Mark Steinmetz and Irina Rozovsky, The Humid aims to host three or four ticketed workshops…
Click on an event or exhibition’s title for more information. *BURNAWAY STAFF PICKS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 Atlanta, GA *”Mags, Bars, and (Drag) Stars: A History of Atlanta’s Gay Bars and Community Magazines” GSU Special Collections, University Library South /…
Spelman College has received a $5.4 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation to create the Atlanta University Center Collective for the Study of Art History and Curatorial Studies. Awarded in conjunction with funds to establish scholarships at Morehouse…
*BURNAWAY STAFF PICKS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Nashville, TN *Talk: Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels Lipscomb University / 6:30-9:30pm TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Atlanta, GA *Screening + Q&A: Leigh Ledare, The Task Atlanta Contemporary / 5:30-8:30pm WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Atlanta, GA *Talk: Leigh Ledare 25…
Lump 505 S. Blount Street Raleigh, NC 27601 lumpprojects.org/ Operated by: April Childers, director; Conner Calhoun, special events coordinator Opened: 1996 Recent exhibitions: “Janks Archive: Research Triangle,” featuring Jerstin Crosby, Ben Kinsley, and Jessica Langley, (September 2018); Siebren Versteeg, “windowseat,”…
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR, has announced a timeline for the development of The Momentary, a new contemporary art venue set to open in 2020. The center will be supported in part by a…
Atlanta’s High Museum of Art is set to unveil the reinstallation of its permanent collection, an effort which has been underway since last April and involves all seven of the museum’s departments, as part of the museum’s free Second…
C for Courtside 513 Cooper Street Knoxville, TN 37917 cforcourtside.com Operated by: Eleanor Aldrich, Joshua Bienko, Eric Cagley, Lynne Ghenov, and John Douglas Powers Opened: January 2018 Most recent exhibitions: “Siren Filings,” featuring Tatiana Istomina, Judy Rushin, and Mona Sharma,…
Earlier this week, it was announced that businessman Richard Sackler was involved in securing a patent for Buprenorphine, a newly updated drug produced by Rhodes Pharma that could combat opioid addiction. Sackler was recently called an “opioid billionaire” by the Financial…
The Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University has named Dominic Willsdon as executive director. Willsdon, who previously served as curator of education and public practice at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art since 2006, will assume…
The New Orleans Museum of Art has announced the largest gift of photographs in its history, a promised bequest of over 1,300 photographs from the private collection of Tina Freeman, who served as the museum’s curator of photography from…
In an Instagram post on Sunday night, Atlanta-based artist Fahamu Pecou reported that his studio had been destroyed by fire while he was traveling abroad last week. Pecou, known for his self-portraits and other paintings addressing themes such as…
Atlanta Celebrates Photography, the country’s largest community photography festival, has announced programming for its twentieth year.
*BURNAWAY STAFF PICKS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 *Talk: Marie Lorenz Dodd Galleries @ UGA, Athens / 5:30-6:30pm WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Talk: Anne Marie Duvall Decker Georgia Tech School of Architecture / 4-6pm *Opening: Jeff Conefry, “Stratum” Marcia Wood Gallery /…
