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Modern Relics: Steve Banks and Aaron Tinder, Through August at the Quad City...
Littering the bottoms of the display cases at the gallery inside the Quad City International Airport is a landfill-like carpeting – a mat of apparent cultural detritus under Steve Banks’ sculptures. It...
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Art in Plain Sight: Deere & Company Headquarters
Hill Arches is a bronze sculpture created in 1974 by one of the most prominent sculptors of the 20th Century, Henry Moore (1898-1986). Moore’s monumental works are often based on human forms, but as...
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“Our Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Corot”: A Memorial Tribute to Jim Konrad, Through...
There is no doubt that Jim Konrad was a brilliant technician. “He knew more about the nature of artist materials than any other artist in the Quad Cities,” said Sherry Maurer, director of the...
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Art in Plain Sight: Two Davenport Cathedral Spires
When Sacred Heart Cathedral (at the corner of Iowa and 10th streets in Davenport) was completed in 1891, its bell tower and spire was the tallest structure in the Quad Cities. Soaring majestically...
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Personal Art Therapy: Works by Breast-Cancer Survivors Are Showcased in...
“It was awful,” says area artist and performer Pamela Crouch. “The year and a half I went through the whole cancer thing was just awful. The worst thing ever. But I have an amazing husband, I have an...
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Portraits of Corruption: “A Time of Malfeasance,” Through October 14 at the...
What kind of person habitually lies, cheats, and steals? In the exhibit A Time of Malfeasance at the Figge Art Museum, printmaker Virginia Myers visualizes corruption through the psychological...
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Art in Plain Sight: Nature Spiral
Nature Spiral is a circular arrangement of limestone boulders situated near the Mississippi River in the Illiniwek Forest Preserve, near Hampton, Illinois (just north of East Moline). Ideally suited...
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Solitary Journeys: Emma Farber and Zachary Cleve, through October at the...
A school bus sits in an overgrown field, along with an abandoned car. A pipe bursts bright liquid in the upper right corner, and a bird’s nest with blue eggs rests in the lower left. Keys dangle from...
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Illuminating Comics: “Graphic Language,” through December 11 at the...
Graphic Language: The Art & Literature of Comics (on display at the University of Iowa) traces the origins of comics, from the evolution of graphic style alongside printing technologies to their...
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Art in Plain Sight: Fort Armstrong Theatre Building
At the corner of Third Avenue and 19th Street in the Rock Island District is a glazed terra-cotta bust of an American Indian wearing a war bonnet that encircles his head, almost like the traditional...
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Art in Plain Sight: A Tale of Two Libraries
More than a century separates the opening dates of the most recent and the oldest public-library buildings in the Quad Cities. The differences between these buildings reflect our changing relationship...
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Art in Plain Sight: Fort Armstrong Theatre Building
At the corner of Third Avenue and 19th Street in the Rock Island District is a glazed terra-cotta bust of an American Indian wearing a war bonnet that encircles his head, almost like the traditional...
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Art in Plain Sight: Christmas Lights
It’s easy to start taking outdoor Christmas lights for granted about now. They have been draped over trees and strung along porch railings and under the eaves for weeks – even longer in the shopping...
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Heroes Through the Lens of the Depression: “Beyond the Surface,” Through...
Artists use certain visual cues to make a portrait feel heroic: bright, clear lighting, a low viewing perspective, strong or kind facial expressions, adoring masses, flying flags. These techniques cast...
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Art in Plain Sight: First National Bank Building
The entrance to the First National Bank Building (now U.S. Bank) at 201 West Second Street in Davenport tells the story of commerce and banking through classical images and symbols. The ancient Greek...
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Art in Plain Sight: Palmer Busts
In the Heritage Court on the Palmer College of Chiropractic campus (at 1000 Brady Street in Davenport) are four large bronze busts. Sculptures of D.D. Palmer, his son B.J. Palmer, and his grandson...
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Winter Photography-Contest Winners
Our winter photo contest – the first such reader competition we’ve held since 2008 – brought 80 submissions over three categories: attraction, resistance, and ambivalence. Thanks to all who entered! In...
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Personal Art Therapy: Works by Breast-Cancer Survivors Are Showcased in...
“It was awful,” says area artist and performer Pamela Crouch. “The year and a half I went through the whole cancer thing was just awful. The worst thing ever. But I have an amazing husband, I have an...
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Winter Photography-Contest Winners
Our winter photo contest – the first such reader competition we’ve held since 2008 – brought 80 submissions over three categories: attraction, resistance, and ambivalence. Thanks to all who entered! In...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Personal Art Therapy: Works by Breast-Cancer Survivors Are Showcased in...
“It was awful,” says area artist and performer Pamela Crouch. “The year and a half I went through the whole cancer thing was just awful. The worst thing ever. But I have an amazing husband, I have an...
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