She came out as an Independent
By Heather Castro Contributing Art Writer
In 1983, Lexington was experiencing a first: an independent art gallery. The opening of Heike Pickett Gallery marked an important shift in the art market of Central Kentucky, a new direction in art and artistic direction that is still going strong after 25 years.
'Daddy's Home' has a new home
Herald-Leader Staff Report
A big change is coming to our comics pages next week. For Better or for Worse, one of the most popular comic strips in the country, will no longer occupy a spot in the Herald-Leader.
Look! In the art gallery! Comics!
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
When Jonathan Gilpin was a student at Linlee Elementary School, there was a teacher who would take his comic books and tear them up. That makes it particularly satisfying for him to bring comic art to a Lexington art gallery. Comic Art is an exhibit of work by area comic artists that will be on exhibit through Sept. 6 at the LexArts Gallery in ArtsPlace.
Graphic-art exhibit shows the range of possibility
By Heather Castro Contributing Art Critic
With the recent overwhelming influx of comics into mainstream media — hello, Batman — it comes as no surprise that comics are coming into their own as a respected art form. While Hollywood delves into the abundant action-adventure story lines, the art world is exploring the history and theory of the graphic medium.Is portrait a da Vinci match?
By Marta Falconi Associated Press
ROME — Born 500 years too early to put her photo on an online dating site, a young woman tried a different matchmaking approach: a portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci.Sunny outlook for art fair
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
Lexington Art League director Allison Kaiser, going over the basics of the this weekend's Woodland Art Fair, said, ”Most everyone knows it's Central Kentucky's largest free cultural event.“UK hopes to renovate arts building as part of new development
By Beverly Fortune bfortune@herald-leader.com
The University of Kentucky plans to partner with a developer for a project that will redevelop five acres fronting on South Broadway and include renovating its long-neglected Reynolds arts building.Lexington Opera House closed for renovation
The Lexington Opera House will be closed throughout the summer and early fall for renovation.BOOKS: The Dangerous Days of Daniel by James Patterson; Damage Control: A Novel of Suspense by J.A. Jance; Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva; Riven by Jerry B. Jenkins
KET to air Tuska documentary
Herald-Leader Staff Report
Kentucky Educational Television will air the John Tuska documentary Non Basta Una Vita (Not Enough a Life) at 10:30 p.m. Sunday on KET1 and 10:30 p.m. July 25 on KET2.A glimpse inside the work of Harlan Hubbard: lifestyle, landscapes and a love of nature
By Heather Castro Contributing Art Critic
PARIS — Though Kentucky artist Harlan Hubbard is known for his post-impressionistic vistas of Kentucky landscapes, his close-to-nature lifestyle reflects current ideas of carbon footprints and recycling. An exhibit of works by this solitary and celebrated artist, who had ideas half a century ago that are in vogue today.Exhibit of drawings too diverse for its own good
By Heather Castro Contributing Art Critic
Appearances can be deceiving in art. Whether it involves medium or technique, a little play of surface or application can turn an ordinary work into something surprising, forcing the viewer to regard the innocuous in a new light.Explorium's new boss looks for more fun
By Cheryl Truman ctruman@herald-leader.com
Michael Gilmore, the new executive director of Lexington's Explorium, has an odd problem: How do you expand the customer base of a museum where the young patrons are given to squealing over just how far you can stretch bubble soap?Francisco's Farm a potent mix of high art, local interest
By Heather Castro Contributing Art Writer
Those in arts administration — directors, board members, managers and such — frequently enforce in the art world a fondness for buzzwords, the latest being community. Community and the arts are the perfect team — as long as the team is real. To embrace the plethora of meanings of the word community takes a great commitment to extrapolate the notion of art beyond its high-horse aura, making it attractive to a broad range of interests (and pocketbooks).