Michael Callas, Exterior in Pink, spray paint and stencil on canvas, 36 x 50"

California Dreamin’
A new group show titled California Dreamin’ at Laguna Beach-based JoAnne Artman Gallery features artwork by Mary Finlayson, Michael Callas and Thai Mainhard. The show is an opportunity for collectors to explore works by these three California artists during the bright, carefree months of summer. Growing up in Southern California in Orange County, the combination of the area’s natural beauty with its planned communities and highly curated environments were a heavy influence on Callas’ artistic process, whose bold work is rooted in Pop Art, street art, graphic design and drafting. The show will be on view through July 15.

Judith Joy Ross, Untitled, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1988, photograph. © Judith Joy Ross. Courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne.

Judith Joy Ross Retrospective
A traveling retrospective for preeminent portrait photographer Judith Joy Ross is currently on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the only venue for the show located in the United States. Highlighting Ross’ photographs from the 1970s through the 2010s, this is the largest exhibition of her work to date. Ross’ subjects include children at municipal parks or in the public schools of Hazleton, Pennsylvania; members of Congress in Washington, DC; and African immigrants in Paris. “The overarching themes in Ross’ oeuvre form a catalog of the human experience: innocence and loss; courage and fear; bitterness and beauty; hubris; the resilience of and disenchantment of individuals and a people,” says guest curator Joshua Chuang. Judith Joy Ross will be on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through August 6.

Sarah Blumenschein, Lemons with Glass Bottles, pastel, 12 x 16"

Enchanted Colors
Hanging through June 18, the Millicent Rogers Museum is hosting the Pastel Society of New Mexico’s Enchanted Colors, the society’s prestigious juried exhibition open to national and international artists. Enchanted Colors, currently in its 31st year, features more than 70 paintings displayed at the Millicent Rogers Museum, with highlights including Sarah Blumenschein’s Lemons with Glass Bottles, Katherine Irish’s As This Day Fades, Gary Ozias’ Cliffs of Santa Elena and Ann Lewis’ Keeper of Roses.

New York artist Nancy Lorenz in front of her work Rock Garden 2. Photo by JUSTICE APPLE.

American artist at Rome’s “Church of the Artists”
New York City-based visual artist Nancy Lorenz presents a site-specific installation at the historic Basilica di Santa Maria in Montesanto, Rome. The Basilica known as Chiesa degli Artisti (Church of the Artists) was designed by Carlo Rainaldi and completed under the supervision of Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Carlo Fontana in 1679. It is one of the twin churches in Piazza del Popolo, along with Santa Maria dei Miracoli. The exhibition features four large works in Lorenz’s signature abstract style, and will be on view through June 11. —