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"Wobbly Grid," installation view, 2026, Ground Floor Contemporary Image by Jennifer Marshall and courtesy of Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham.

Daniel Luedtke: Wobbly Grid at Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham

Miriam Calleja reviews the aberration seen in the hydrographic screenprint and faux ceramic works found in Daniel Luedtke: Wobbly Grid at Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham.

Room 412 in Birmingham, Alabama

DIY Index

Burnaway visits Room 412, an artist-run gallery in Birmingham, Alabama, that developed from a sense of shared momentum and need for connection within the city’s artist community, in April’s edition of DIY Index.

Installation view of Virginia L. Montgomery: Blue Moon Cocoon, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama at Birmingham, January 15 – March 21, 2026. Image courtesy of the artist.

Blue Moon Cocoon at Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at University of Alabama, Birmingham

Reviews

Courtney McClellan reviews Virginia L. Montgomery’s tender affection for the luna moth in Blue Moon Cocoon at Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Hayward L. Oubre, Jr., "Young Horse," about 1957, 60 1⁄4 x 18 1⁄4 inches, The Hayward Oubre Estate. Image by John Woo and courtesy of Debra Force Fine Art and the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham.

Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity at Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham

Features

Daniel Fuller reviews the retrospective Structural Integrity on Hayward Oubre at the Birmingham Museum of Art, revealing the artist’s deep commitment to his craft and long-overdue acknowledgement of his interdisciplinary practice.

film photograph of a drag queen wearing a yellow outfit with colorful tights inside of a white bathroom in a light pink tub

Call for Artists: June 2022

Call For Artists

Our monthly round up of calls, residencies, and opportunities includes residencies at Light Work in Syracuse and the Studio at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.

Joe Minter at MARCH Gallery

Reviews

Justin Chance reviews the Joe Minter exhibit at March Gallery, New York.

January 19, 2022

News

Burnaway’s monthly news roundup includes an upcoming exhibition at the Georgia Museum honoring Lou Stovall, a new Wangechi Mutu installation at the Nasher Museum, and grant awardee announcements.

an aerial shot of a multi-acre yard show with collections of metal, painted signs, and sculptural artifacts in careful, yet overwhelming proportions, on the right side of the yard is a cemetery of green grass and humble gravestones

October 6, 2021

News

Burnaway’s bi-weekly news roundup includes the digital preservation of Joe Minter’s African Village in America, a newly proposed Creative Economy Revitalization Act, and April Parker becoming Managing Director of Elsewhere in Greensboro, North Carolina.

black and white photograph of two small children behind a house with an open wire gate. the contrast is high and not many details can be made out, but the shadows cast a playful and striking scene with cascading leave patterns from the tall trees above

September 23, 2021

News

Burnaway’s bi-weekly news roundup includes a partnership between Etsy, Gee’s Bend quilters, and Gullah Basket weavers; and the Mellon Foundation’s ‘Humanities in Place’ program awardees.

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