August in New York is nothing without its heat waves and epic weather. While many escape the city, there are lots of wonderful gems to behold. Here are some cool current exhibitions not to miss downtown that will bring some good energy on those hot days.

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The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock has announced details of the 2024 Delta Triennial Exhibition. The exhibit opens June 28 and will be up through August 25 in the Harriet and Warren Stephens Galleries and will feature works by 39 selected artists and seven invited artists representing Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

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A fair highlight Love is… was at the heart of the Tennessee gallery, David Lusk, a winding large-scale wall relief made with used romance novels by artist John Salvest.

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Rob Matthews has been teasing a series of large, colorful, graphic abstract paintings on Instagram for months, and we’ll finally get to see the real things when the artist opens Fragments at David Lusk in March.

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After the death of her mother, Margaret Renkl tenderly placed in an antique jar the "soft white hair" left behind in her mother's hairbrush. Years passed. When it no longer carried the scent she cherished, Renkl laid the hair across a holly branch in her yard.

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For most of the previous century, Southern visual artists were an afterthought when thought of at all.

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I stay open and allow myself be drawn to places and things that move me. The pictures reveal what I am seeking, a hidden story emerging from this land of ghosts, rivers, and sky. I will travel soon to other destinations and find inspiration there too, but it is here that the basis is formed.

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Anne Siems is one of those extremely versatile artists where you simply can’t help but excitedly wonder “ What will she be creating next ?”

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Catherine Erb has re-considered the urban landscape with blurred effects to expose the raw beauty of billboards, graffiti and River City landmarks. Every cloud painting tells a story, and each marble work represents an act of kindness that transcends children's games with energy and movement.

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