https://chestertownspy.org Nonpartisan and Education-based News for Chestertown Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:27:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/12/art-travels-alex-katz-theater-and-dance-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/12/art-travels-alex-katz-theater-and-dance-by-anke-van-wagenberg/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:20:46 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=183580 Alex Katz. Last Look, 1986. Oil on board. 24 x 60 ¼ in. Collection of the artist. Alex Katz: Theater and Dance constitutes the first comprehensive exploration of Katzʼs playful and inventive collaborations with choreographers, dancers, and members of avant-garde theater ensembles over six decades. The exhibition showcases rare archival materials, major sets and paintings, and previously […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/12/art-travels-alex-katz-theater-and-dance-by-anke-van-wagenberg/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/05/beyond-cinderella-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/05/beyond-cinderella-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks-by-anke-van-wagenberg/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:56:28 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/05/beyond-cinderella-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ Working at the American Federation of Arts is just about as exciting as an art curator’s job can be curating international and American exhibitions, publishing catalogs, and related travel (while living in beautiful Talbot County). Bringing art to a wide public has been the AFA’s non-profit mission as the leader in traveling exhibitions internationally, since […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/05/beyond-cinderella-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks-by-anke-van-wagenberg/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/29/cuban-links-in-cambridge-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/29/cuban-links-in-cambridge-by-anke-van-wagenberg/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:34:59 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=183226 Sometimes the best art happens in your own back yard. In this case the Cuban Links exhibition at the Dorchester Center for the Arts, excellently guest-curated by Jon West-Bey. He is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, and a curator, museum consultant, and owner of West-Bey Consulting in Washington, DC. For the Cambridge exhibition he […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/29/cuban-links-in-cambridge-by-anke-van-wagenberg/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/22/rembrandt-comes-to-america-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/22/rembrandt-comes-to-america-by-anke-van-wagenberg/#respond Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:10:37 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=183115 I recently attended the opening of the exhibition Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Black and White—Prints from the Rembrandt House Museum at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in the United Kingdom, where it will be on view through June 1, 2025. A fellow Dutchman, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) is widely regarded as one of the […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/22/rembrandt-comes-to-america-by-anke-van-wagenberg/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/08/mark-dion-and-alexis-rockman-journey-to-natures-underworld/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/08/mark-dion-and-alexis-rockman-journey-to-natures-underworld/#respond Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:00:54 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=182879 I recently attended the opening of Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld exhibition at the Lowe Art Museum, at the University of Miami, FL, where it will be on view through July 20, 2025. This wonderful exhibition is the first two-person exhibition of these closely allied artists, offering a compelling tour through […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/08/mark-dion-and-alexis-rockman-journey-to-natures-underworld/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/01/art-food-and-identity-in-the-age-of-impressionism-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/01/art-food-and-identity-in-the-age-of-impressionism-by-anke-van-wagenberg/#respond Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:19:37 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/01/art-food-and-identity-in-the-age-of-impressionism-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ Working at the American Federation of Arts is just about as exciting as an art curator’s job can be, with lots of, yes curating exhibitions, publishing catalogs, and related travel (while living in beautiful Talbot County). Bringing art to a wide public has been the AFA’s mission as the leader in traveling exhibitions internationally. A […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/01/art-food-and-identity-in-the-age-of-impressionism-by-anke-van-wagenberg/feed/ 0