Installation by Laurina Paperina at Perugi Artecontemporanea at Pulse. Inside the brain “house,” an animated film plays on a tiny LCD monitor. (To see more of the work from this project, click through to the artist’s website and go to the Braindead project.)  
After hitting a couple of the fairs, art fatigue starts to set [...]

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A sculpture-drawing by Elliott Hundley at the New Museum.
Art Squeeze is on a vacation of sorts this week in New York, where the goal is to see as much art stuff– fairs including the Armory Show, Pulse, Scope, Volta, Bridge and Diva; and exhibits including the Whitney Biennial, Courbet at the Met, Design [...]

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A model outfitted by Frank Strunk III makes her way down the runway at Wearable Art 3 last year.
It’s time! Wearable Art 4 at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center is coming up late this summer, and if you want to be in it– apply now. Click here to read my Creative Loafing story about last [...]

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Jeff Whipple. Untitled. Oil on canvas, 1980. Courtesy of the artist.
Friday
6-11 p.m. – Reception for Lynda Bostrom and Anthony Zollo: Dyad at Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design. Click here to view the flier.
7-10 p.m. – Reception for The Circle of the Grey Flamingo at [5]art, 1906 N. Armenia Ave, #211, Tampa
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Uli Rapp, Chains, tricot textile, screen printing and rubber. Photo by Marina Williams.
When I first heard that Florida Craftsmen Gallery’s new exhibit would be all about necklaces, honestly, I was disappointed. I don’t know why—whatever the theme, FCG’s exhibits always manage to bridge definitions of art and craft, new and old materials and [...]

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Bi-polar bunnies by Coralette Damme, a.k.a. the Crafty Hag, at Saturday Morning Art Market.
In addition to the largely food-based Saturday Morning Market (where you can buy assorted herbs, plants, soap, batiked garments, etc., as well as fruits, veggies, prepared foods, baked goods, and so on), downtown St. Petersburg now hosts the Saturday Morning Art [...]

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Intrepid photographer/fashion designer/change agent Marina Williams is embarking on a new endeavor with artist friends Aubrey Bramble and Erin John Sullivan. On April 1, they will open ARTpool, a funky rent-a-wall space for local artists to exhibit their work. (The three founding artists will also have studios in the space.) Think Tampa Artist Emporium with [...]

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A detail of the installation of Rediviva by Tampa artists’ collective Experimental Skeleton last year at Miami’s Locust Projects. On Friday, the same project opens at Flight 19. Sculptures, clockwise from bottom right, by: Bob Dorsey, April Childers, Gregory Greene, Jeremichael Bonds, Brian Taylor, Joe Griffith and Paul Pisoni. Image courtesy Experimental Skeleton. [...]

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Dominique Labauvie. Arcas et Callisto. Pastel, charcoal and pigment, 2008, 29.5 x 42 in. Image courtesy Bleu Acier.
Since Dominique Labauvie moved back to Tampa from France a year or two ago, I’ve become a big fan of his drawings, prints and forged steel sculptures. Click here to read a piece I wrote for NY [...]

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Organizer Brandon Dunlap says this show’s a good one. With a line-up of more than 30 artists (!) and a chance to see what Pale Horse owner Chris Parks has done with his St. Petersburg space now that the business no longer includes tattooing– well, I’m thinking there are multiple reasons to check this show [...]

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Readers, I urge you to call in and pledge your support– however modest; it will make a big difference– for Art In Your Ear, the only radio program in Tampa Bay devoted to arts coverage.
A letter from Art In Your Ear host JoEllen Schilke:
Hello Art Amigas y Amigos,
It is that wonderful time again [...]

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This week, Downtown Live After Five moves north to a new location and adds an urban revitalization component. Look for a temporary contemporary art gallery set up in a storefront owned (and generously donated) by architect Stephanie Ferrell at The Arlington. Fresh from the press release:

Visit downtown’s one-of-a-kind happy hour this Friday for an [...]

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