Art Galleries & Museums

Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous, recognizable, and copied artwork, has a storied history. Painted between 1503 and 1519, it was owned by French royalty for centuries. Liberated by Revolutionary forces, the painting briefly adorned Napoleon’s bedroom, then was installed in the Louvre.

The group exhibition, Alien /ΛᄂIΣП, at David Castillo Gallery brings together over 40 artists from the Asian diaspora. Curated by artist Yesiyu Zhao, there is a focus on the many uses and meanings of the word alien. From science fiction fantasies and the contemplation othering, to immigration and displacement, the artists in the exhibition wade through these territories with grace and unabashed fervor. 

Looking at art, one cannot ignore how important architecture is to the experience. Recently, the Brooklyn-based architecture firm, Peterson Rich Office, designed a new building centrally located on campus at the prestigious Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut called the Pruzan Art Center. 

A cultural anchor, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) promotes continuous experimentation in contemporary art, advances new scholarship, and fosters the exchange of art and ideas throughout the Miami region and internationally. Launched in 2014, ICA Miami opened its current home in Miami’s Design District in 2017.

As the current President of the Board of Directors of Art League Rhode Island, Ruth Clegg combines her decades of experience serving on the boards of nonprofits with her expertise as a “digital native” selling her own fine art photography and commercial photography skills online. 

In honor of Marc Jacobs’ eponymous fashion house turning 40, Control Gallery, the Los Angeles-based art space bespoke to experimental and expansive work, has opened “Just Like Heaven” to celebrate the anniversary. 

Art, Roy Lichtenstein’s unframed 1989 serigraph printed in recognition of The American Federation of Arts 80th anniversary, is priced at $15,000 at the online gallery Art Wise, also known as Rare Posters Inc. 

Founded in 1913 “for the benefit of all the people forever,” the Cleveland Museum of Art opened in 1916. With more than 600,000 people visiting each year, the CMA is one of the most visited art museums in the world.

Outside the Denver Art Museum (DAM), a banner printed with a detail from an Alma Thomas (1891-1978) painting proclaims one of the celebrated artist’s quotes: “Light is the mother of color.” 

Though often overshadowed by the grand architectural and artistic achievements of the Roman period, the artists and craftspeople of the British Iron Age produced some of the most technically impressive materials in European history.