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www.kazanjian.net Jim Kazanjian’s surreal landscapes offer phantasmagoric visions of a where-is-this world, defined by impossibly complex architecture and M.C.Escher-esque black-and-white graphics. Inspired by the imaginary realms of cult author H.P. Lovecraft—whose wild, cosmic short stories set the mold for much of the 20th century’s best science fiction—Kazanjian’s aim is to redress the “misunderstanding that photography has [...]

After successfully raising more than $200 million through its capital campaign and surpassing 10,000 members, the Barnes Foundation officially announced today the much-anticipated opening date of its Philadelphia campus is May 19, 2012. The facility on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will be the new home of the Barnes art collection and art education programs. PNC [...]

Turning Over a New Leaf By Lilly Wei Posted 12/06/11 When the Ming succumbed to the Qing, many rebel scholar-artist-officials became landscape painters who forged new, singular styles It doesn’t look like an exhibition about dissent, at least not to contemporary eyes accustomed to more rousing images. There are no weapons, tanks, bombed-out ruins, images [...]