The 2019 Atlanta Biennial collapses distinctions between “folk” and mainstream, past and future, making a case for art “inside and beside” the artworld. Read Maura Callahan’s review, co-commissioned by Burnaway and our partner publication Momus.
The BURNAWAY Board of Directors is excited to announce the appointment of Atlanta-based artist and curator Erin Jane Nelson as the organization’s Executive Director. An Atlanta native, Nelson returned to the city in 2015 after spending nearly a decade in New York and the Bay Area. She will assume her new role as Executive Director … Continued
Burnaway’s new DIY Index will spotlight a different artist-run space around the South, beginning this week with The Sunroom in Richmond, VA.
A wide-ranging new exhibition of contemporary painting at the Frist Art Museum asks big questions about the medium and humankind, and the futures they may share together. “Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century” asserts that painting will continue to play a central role in envisioning, narrating and illuminating human culture in this new … Continued
Logan Lockner interviews Erica Jamison and Cory Klose from MINT.
Artadia, the New York-based organization that gives awards to artists working in cities outside New York, has just announced the five finalists for its 2017 Atlanta Awards: Clark Ashton, Michi Meko, Masud Ashley Olufani, Charlina Rose-Renaye Smith, and Tori Tinsley [BURNAWAY’s Outreach Coordinator]. The jurors for this fifth round of Atlanta awards were Anthony … Continued
Five Korean artists working in Georgia are brought together in a winning exhibition that defies cultural and aesthetic categories.
Conyers-based artist Saige Rowe performs in vibrant, texturally rich videos shown in exhibitions in Atlanta and New York.
After thoroughly reviewing the highlights (and lowlights) of 2016, we wondered who and what we’ll be thinking about and looking forward to this coming year. Read on to find out our experts’ predictions. Click the links to see what our contributors selected as their favorite exhibitions, what they read, who and what were the most significant … Continued
