Brush to canvas: News from the art community

Bill DeYoung, Catalyst, March 25, 2026

Unveiled Thursday at 6 p.m. outdoors at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg is Yvette Mayorga’s “The Magic Grasshopper,” a 30-foot-long pink-hued kinetic sculpture; Mayorga’s bio says she “fuses confectionary labor with found images to explore the meaning of belonging.” An exhibition of the Illinois sculptor’s politically charged, deceptively whimsical works will debut at the MFA in June. Thursday’s unveiling (on the museum’s west side) will take place at 6 p.m.

 

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