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Pondering its stark exterior, observers might guess that the modernist Norwegian citadel photographed by Dornith Doherty is some sort of prison. Not exactly. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is designed to preserve humanity by maintaining its ability to grow food. The Arctic structure is the most futuristic place the artist chronicled for “Archiving Eden,” on display at the National Academy of Sciences...

James Thomas Martin died June 15, 2019, after battling early-onset Alzheimer’s disease for several years. He is preceded in death by his parents, William Robert and Mary Bell Martin, his brother Robert Martin, and his in-laws Richard and Kay Rush. He is survived by his wife, Holly Johnson, his daughter, Katie, his sister, Kathy Martin and her husband Eddie Bagwell, his father-in-law and football buddy, Reed Johnson, sisters-in-law Laura Smith and Jill Johnson, nephews Tiger, Aaron and Alex, nieces Rebecca and Adrienne, and many cousins and extended family...

Holly Johnson Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of SUMMERTIME BLUES, a group exhibition of collages, drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture, and prints. An opening reception will be held Saturday, June 22nd, from 5 - 8 p.m. The exhibition will continue through Saturday, September 28.

In 2015, photographer Misty Keasler and her husband, gallerist Brian Gibb, scheduled a much-needed trip to Las Vegas. The parents of two young children were looking forward to an adult’s-only vacation, with daytime drinks by the pools and nights spent indulging at restaurants along the Strip...

36 page fully illustrated catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition, "Raphaëlle Goethals: Thinking of a Place" at Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas from March 30 - May 25, 2019...

Dornith Doherty’s Vault: Exchange presents 5,000 x-ray images of seeds - the total number needed to preserve a species. Housed within a transparent vault-like structure installed in the Great Hall of the Ontario Science Centre, Vault Exchange promps active participation during three seed exchange events, where visitors are invited to help build a living seed bank onsite....

Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas is pleased to announce the opening of Velvet Room, an exhibition of recent paintings by New York based artist, Antonio Murado. An opening reception will be held Saturday, May 11th, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. This will be the artist's second exhibition with the gallery and will continue through July 13.  

Antonio Murado's career is steeped in contemporary abstraction, yet his basic principles draw from the past. Characterized by their luminosity and color, Velvet Room, presents three large-scale works highly influenced by the techniques and visual elements from 17th century Baroque Spanish painting, and the era surrounding this time of power, imperialism, exploration, and conquest....

Antonio Murado will be artist in residence this summer at Fundación Casa Wabi, a non-profit, civil organization that aims to promote collaboration and social commitment through art. The invitation only program invites residents to develop their work through the interaction with other disciplines and with the members of the local communities within the natural environment of the Pacific coast.

Created in 2014 by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, the foundation adopts its name from the concept "Wabi-Sabi," which represents a vision of the world focused on the acceptance of the ephemeral and the imperfect. Based on this philosophy, Casa Wabi, located on the Oaxacan coast, was designed by the renowned architect Tadao Ando (Pritzker 1995), looking to generate a space conducive to interaction; where our residents and the communities of the region come together....

Anna Bogatin Ott’s painting, “Everglades”, 2013, was recently acquired by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA. 

In addition - Anna Bogatin Ott’s work, “Aurora”, was acquired by the Georgia Museum of Art in 2015 and will be included in the upcoming exhibition, “Color, Form and Light: Objects from the Permanent Collection” which opens to the public on June 22, 2019 and continues through October 13, 2019. 

Lastly, Anna Bogatin Ott’s painting, “Juliet”, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches was recently acquired by the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas is pleased to announce the opening of Thinking of a Place, a solo exhibition of new works by Raphaëlle Goethals. A reception for the artist is to be held on Saturday March 30th. from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. This will be Ms. Goethals' second exhibition with the Holly Johnson Gallery, it will continue through May 25th...