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    Oh, snap: This week’s best photos

    From MidSouthCon to Ida B. Wells Street, it’s been a busy week and our photographers were there to capture the action. Let us know which photo you like best.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 02, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Susan Sanford, civic leader and benefactor, dies at 77

    The former development director for the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Sanford served as president and CEO of the Mid-South Food Bank for nearly two decades.

    By David Waters March 31, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Dixon extends free admission until 2024

    The museum started free admission following its temporary close during the start of the coronavirus pandemic. 

    By Jasmine McCraven March 30, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis airport to reinstall Tommy Kha artwork

    The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority says it will reinstall the Tommy Kha artwork it had taken down after saying it had generated “a lot of” negative feedback from Elvis fans.

    By Elle Perry,  The Daily Memphian Staff March 22, 2022
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    Petition started to bring Tommy Kha back to Memphis International

    Close to 300 people are asking Memphis International Airport to bring back a photograph from Memphis native Tommy Kha. 

    By Jasmine McCraven March 22, 2022
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    Photographer’s work removed from Memphis airport

    The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority stated negative feedback came from Elvis fans. 

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    Petition started to bring Tommy Kha back to Memphis International

    By Elle Perry March 22, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Graceland has somewhere you can ‘Gogh’

    New “Beyond Van Gogh” installation part of Elvis Presley Enterprises’ aim to bring world-class exhibitions to Memphis. 

    By Jasmine McCraven March 02, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Contemporary Arts Memphis accepting summer fellowship applications

    Free fellowship guarantees month-long artworld immersion for 10th to 12th grade Memphis-area students.

    By Alicia Davidson February 24, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Statewide art exhibition launches with Brooks, Tone, MRPP

    A new statewide triennial — a multi-site, multi-city art exhibition — is slated for next year, and several Memphis organizations plan to participate. 

    By Jasmine McCraven February 23, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis native returns with award-winning documentary

    From Memphis to Harvard, Jeffery Robinson says he had one of America’s best educations, and one that still ignored or obscured much of the country’s history. In his new documentary “Who We Are,” Robinson explores the rest of the story.

    By Chris Herrington February 22, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Exhibit documents Memphians during quarantine

    Jamie Harmon spent three months photographing about 2,000 Memphians from outside their windows, front doors and backyards to create visual tales of quarantine.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 18, 2022
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Herrington: The culture we love can bind us, carry us through and take us home

    Wanda Fern Herrington wrote gospel songs. Robert Curtis collected country and folk records. The music they loved was part of who they were, and helped carry them through to the end. 

    By Chris Herrington January 04, 2022
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Sequin mural lights up Downtown thoroughfare

    The piece, entitled “Subterranean River,” stretches 161 feet and 80 feet on each side, featuring symbols that portray the Mississippi River as a passage for commerce. LED lights shine on the shimmering sequins to mimic the movement of water. 

    By Julia Baker January 09, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    River Arts Fest returns to Downtown Memphis

    More than 180 artists from around the country are gathered Downtown this weekend for the River Arts Fest, which is being held at Renasant Convention Center. 

    By Julia Baker October 24, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    Mural to be demolished along with old MATA building

    UrbanArt Commission announced last month that the old MATA building on North Main Street will soon be demolished, taking along with it a data visualization mural painted by Khara Woods.

    By Julia Baker October 22, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis’ original traveling photobooth no longer a happy camper

    On Sunday, the Amurica photobooth was badly damaged during a traffic accident. 

    By Jasmine McCraven October 21, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    Art Bazaar celebrates one year anniversary with Art on the Bluff

    The event will feature seven live muralists, live electronic music, popup market, food and outdoor activities like kayaking and hiking. 

    By Julia Baker October 14, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    Acclaimed artist creating major Tom Lee Park installation

    “Even though Memphis may seem like a smaller city or less important in the world of art, I think that the project is one of the most significant opportunities for me,” the artist said. 

    By Tom Bailey October 07, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    Father-daughter art duo create Mid-South Coliseum mural

    The pair worked together to develop a six-panel mural in support of reopening the coliseum.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 05, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    With ‘Light is a Place,’ Huger Foote explores his Delta dreamscapes

    The COVID pandemic turned a visit home to a full return for photographer Huger Foote, who found his muse in Memphis. Eighteen of Foote’s photos are now showing at David Lusk Gallery.

    By Mary Anne Phan September 22, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    Cooper-Young festival returns after 2-year gap

    A socially distanced gathering returns to the Midtown neighborhood despite coronavirus surges and a daylong drizzle.

    By Julia Baker September 19, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    Transgender photo exhibit breaks ground for Brooks Museum

    “On Christopher Street: Transgender Portraits by Mark Seliger” first became a book in 2016, with a companion film in which Seliger’s subjects tell their own stories. This weekend, in Memphis and for the first time, it becomes a museum exhibit at the Brooks Museum of Art.

    By Chris Herrington September 17, 2021
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    Listen to photographer Mark Seliger on building trust with his subjects

    The photographer has shot for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue, and a new show of his work opens here this weekend. 

    By Eric Barnes September 15, 2021
  • Visual Arts

    ‘Spencer,’ ‘Drive My Car’ highlight 2021 Indie Memphis

    Some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers and some of the year’s most anticipated films will be in the mix at this fall’s 24th edition of the Indie Memphis Film Festival.

    By Chris Herrington September 14, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Oh Snap: This week’s best photos

    Some of our favorite photos this week include a comic book store, a record store, and a doughnut shop birthday gathering. Cast a ballot for the best one.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 11, 2021

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