Author Archive: Scott Norris

Scott Norris is a writer and publisher of artculture.com

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Discovering Writers No One Reads

• June 26, 2011 • Comments (0)
Discovering Writers No One Reads

Neglected and forgotten authors are resurrected on the tumblr blog Writers No One Reads

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African Artists Address Environmental Struggles

• June 24, 2011 • Comments (0)
African Artists Address Environmental Struggles

Contemporary African artists explore themes of environmental and social disintegration. “Environment and Object: Recent African Art” at the Tang Museum.

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Rediscovering Photography at Three SF Galleries

• June 7, 2011 • Comments (0)
Doug Rickard, New Orleans, LA 2008

Three gallery shows in San Francisco, by Doug Rickard, Richard Learoyd and Alex MacLean, offer exciting images and new perspectives on the future of photography.

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The Fine Art of Surfing Photography

• June 3, 2011 • Comments (2)
The Fine Art of Surfing Photography

Los Angeles photographer Ed Freeman showcases his fine art images of surfers at Oahu’s North Shore.

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Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico at LACMA Resnick Pavilion

• September 21, 2010 • Comments (0)
Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico at LACMA Resnick Pavilion

Olmec sculpture, European high fashion, and Renzo Piano architecture are all on display as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens its new Resnick Pavilion.

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The Art of Desire

• February 10, 2010 • Comments (1)
Tracey Emin, "You Should Have Loved Me", 2008.

DESIRE, currently showing at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX, is a diverse exploration of desire in contemporary art.

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Gabriel Orozco at MoMA: Range, Power and Beauty

• December 29, 2009 • Comments (1)
Kytes Tree

Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco pleases both the crowds and the critics in his mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art.

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Earth: Art of a Changing World

• October 28, 2009 • Comments (4)
Mariele Neudecker, "400 Thousand Generations". Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm. © the artist

Contemporary artists and writers respond to climate change in “Earth: Art of a Changing World” at London’s Royal Academy of Art.

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Contemporary Art and Climate Change: RETHINK opens in Copenhagen

• October 24, 2009 • Comments (8)
Tomas Seraceno, Biospheres

The international environmental art exhibition “RETHINK: Contemporary Art and Climate Change” opens in Copenhagen October 31.

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Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

• September 15, 2009 • Comments (0)
Zahour ul Akhlaq; A Visit to the Inner Sanctum 4 Courtesy of Richard Seck and Asia Society

The first major overview exhibition of contemporary art from Pakistan opened September 10 at the Asia Society Museum in New York.

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