People should not get married nor should painters receive awards until reaching the age of 30 for the same reason: lack of maturity, but in the case of recently turned 24-year-old Rachel Niffenegger, possessing the uncanny ability to turn a palate of pinks, purples and pearlescents into grisly figurative masses, one can make an exception (not to mention an entirely new award). With her solo exhibition at the Post Family’s Family Room last December, she continued a move into sculpture with little stylistic discontinuity between that and her painting. Next, she travels to Miami with Imperfect Articles at the NADA Art Fair.
Fine Arts Building Act One: The Golden Age, A Building Reborn The building itself is actually 138 years old, opening its doors in 1885 as the Studebaker Brothers’ Lake Front Carriage Repository. But they quickly outgrew their showplace. When the Fine Arts Building reopened in October 1898, it had been staged as an artist-only space. The building was a hit. In its first few years, artists and crafters of every kind…
