Two Takes on Paul Stephen Benjamin’s “Pure Black” at MOCA GA
Paul Stephen Benjamin uses the color black and subtle gestures to explore racial issues.
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Spellbound: Anna Betbeze at Atlanta Contemporary
The Georgia-born, New York-based artist shreds, tears and stains wool flokatis to make works suggest violence but also have an element of whimsy.
The Changing Politics of “Our America” at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga
The traveling exhibition “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art” has a more urgent tone in the Trump era.
Bodily Response: Senga Nengudi at Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans
A series of works from the 1960s and ’70s on view in Senga Nengudi’s current exhibition prompts the author to consider their feminist origins and bodily associations.
Delta Abstraction: George Dunbar at the New Orleans Museum of Art
For the past seventy years, George Dunbar has painted in Louisiana. Characterizing his career as “an accidental triumph”—a sentiment echoed in the title of the recent presentation of his work at the New Orleans Museum of Art, “George Dunbar: Elements of Chance”—Dunbar’s artistic contribution and legacy consists of much more than a bit of spontaneous … Continued
BURNAWAY's 2017 Forecast
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
BURNAWAY's Best of 2016: Cultural Experiences
From a visit to Pasaquan to a walking tour of New Orleans, the selections of our contributors prove that you don’t have to go far to enjoy a great cultural experience. Check out our other Best of 2016 series: Exhibitions and Movers, Shakers and Newsmakers. Amy White, artist and writer Carrboro, NC A road trip that included a stop … Continued
BURNAWAY's Best of 2016: Movers, Shakers & Newsmakers
We asked our contributing curators, artists, collectors and critics who and/or what has made a significant impact on their local art scene in 2016, and what they remember most in 2016. Among the movers and shakers are Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, director of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Arts, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, curator at the Birmingham Museum of Art, while ATLBNL, galleries coming and going, and the … Continued
BURNAWAY's Best of 2016: Exhibitions
We kick off our Best of 2016 series with a roundup of favorite exhibitions from around the South. We asked a host of curators, artists, collectors and critics to share with us up to five of their favorite shows where they live and where they traveled. Among the most talked-about shows are “Kerry James Marshall: Mastry” at … Continued
