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If you ever find yourself in Boston, it might be worth your time to visit the Museum of Bad Art. MOBA features the work of artists who had serious intentions but missed the mark by a few feet (or miles.) The collection includes portraits with impossible proportions, questionable landscapes, and sculptures that are just shy of excellence...

Artnet's "14 Emerging Women Artists to Watch in 2017" includes an artist whose work will be familiar to fans of ArtPrize.

Cassandra Burgess is one of the artists for this year's Artprize.  Her art piece, "PTS," (Post Traumatic Stress) depicts her personal experience with her father having the disorder after coming back from war, located on the first floor of the BOB...

Over the last few decades, Grand Rapids has become a center for art in the state of Michigan.  ArtPrize is a huge catalyst for Grand Rapids' artistic growth, but the city has always had an artistic side.  Now, in 2016, you can walk around downtown and see art at almost every corner...

Italian artist, Crisco, has taken the black light poster to a whole new level of artistic expression.  Crisco paints ultra-violet reactive paints that have a split personality.  The Paintings appear to be your average painting during the day, but at night they transform into glowing masterpieces...

UNLOADED is a traveling exhibition which explores the historical and social impact of guns. The exhibition at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts features the work of more than 20 artists, including former ArtPrize juror and ArtPrize award finalist Mel Chin.

ArtPrize in partnership with Second Ave Arts today announced a three-day exhibition named Collectors Show / SPRING. Collectors Show / SPRING will be held at the ArtPrize HUB in Grand Rapids from March 31 - April 2. The show will feature 30 past ArtPrize artists and 20 artists from New York City, including Robert DeNiro Sr.

Holton Rower is an artist with a very unique style of painting.  In fact, I don't even know if painting is the correct term to use when describing how he creates his art.  His art is more of a controlled randomness.  Rower pours a cup of paint over a 3D object and lets gravity take care of the rest.

With ArtPrize underway I thought this was an interesting read. Blotting tissues that became art in itself. Australian artist, Del Kathryn Barton uses tissues to blot excess paint and water on while she is painting. When finished, she throws them away, thinking nothing of them...

Curtis went to ArtPrize yesterday and he found a couple of great pieces of art that you should all check out.

Clumsy people take note: next time you go to a museum because you could end up like this you boy who when at a museum this past weekend slipped, fell, and destroyed a painting worth 1.5 million dollars. The twelve-year-old boy ended up punching a hole in the bottom of a 350-year-old Paolo Porpora oil canvas called Flowers...

ArtPrize 2014, Grand Rapids' sixth annual public art extravaganza, wraps up today. So, head to downtown Grand Rapids to check out the winners and revisit your favorites before ArtPrize closes at 6 p.m.