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Donald Locke, sculptor, painter and critic, succumbed to cancer on Monday at the age of 80. An Atlantan for the past 20 years, the urbane Guyana native was as skilled with pencil and collage as he was with bronze and oil. In his later years he developed a new sculptural vocabulary, which fused references to [...]

The unintentional juxtaposition of two exhibitions by Lynne Moody — one on the topic of birds’ nests at Fernbank Science Center and the other regarding wood storks and their habitats at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History — raises interesting issues about art and its educational uses that go far beyond the literal doings of avian [...]

We live, like it or not, in an age of mix-and-match in which all the world’s cultures are colliding. Marcus Kenney’s “Romance 2020” collages and sculptures, at Marcia Wood Gallery through New Year’s Day, address the problem head on (sometimes with real deer heads). At the same time that he asks (in his own words), [...]

Miami – Many of the private collectors who open their doors to the Art Basel crowds graciously feed them coffee and pastries, small bites that keep the energy level up. The Rubell Collection made an art of  hospitality — literally. Jennifer Rubell, daughter of collectors Mera and Donald, turned a deserted house in a lot behind the family museum [...]

Brett Abbott is the High Museum of Art’s new curator of photography. Abbott is currently associate curator in the department of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles — also the alma mater of his predecessor at the High, Julian Cox — and will join the High in April. Abbott, who has been [...]

Miami — Art Basel Miami Beach, the queen of the myriad art fairs, is taking place this week. It held its official previews for the press and invited guests today. More than 250 galleries from around the world were represented in the Miami Beach Convention Center, showing a staggering array of works, ranging from blue-chip modern [...]