Gibbes Museum of Art Hosts Charleston, SC’s First Ever Art on Paper Fair in Partnership with Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association

The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce the first ever Art on Paper Fair, from Nov. 2 – 4, 2012. The museum has partnered with Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association (CFADA) for the Fine Art Annual, an annual event that celebrates the visual arts in Charleston, SC, the first weekend in November. The ... Read More

Shepard Fairey – Hopes – His Cover-up Attempt Doesn’t Cost Him Millions

Here’s a trick or treat for you. It seems that Shepard Fairey, the creator of the Barack Obama “Hope” poster, says he was mistaken about which Associated Press photograph he used to create the image in a statement submitted in his “fair use” court case. Fairey submitted this new statement to the court: “In an ... Read More

Doing the Charleston with Judith McGrath

For any regular reader of Carolina Arts over the last eight years, commentary from Judith McGrath – all the way from Western Australia – has been a sort of sounding board as to what’s going on in the visual art community – around the world – or at least the other end of the world. ... Read More

Lest We Forget Our Humble Beginnings

The Greenville News in Greenville, SC, offered an article by Ann Hicks on June 22, 2008, entitled, “Phil Garrett’s King Snake Press Marks 10 Years”. The article gives a brief overview of Garrett’s past ten years running the press and mentions a collaboration between the press, SC artists, and the Greenville County Museum of Art. ... Read More

A Trip To The Gibbes

I finally made it to the exhibit, Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art, on view at the Gibbes Museum of Art in downtown Charleston, SC. The exhibition examines plantation-related works of art from the eighteenth century to the present. Organized by the Gibbes, this exhibit was on view at the University of Virginia ... Read More