Makura no Soshi (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Friday morning, I was notified that the galleries would have a group of school kids visit that afternoon, so I am over my art tour hump, as I had to improvise very quickly a tour of Fireflies with a small group of 1st-5th graders. For not loving kids or hanging out with children on a regular basis, all things said, it went pretty well. Went to Bill and Kate's opening at the Stephen L. Clark Gallery...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Architecture lovers and foodies come together in a new package that combines a private tour of the P hilip Johnson Glass House site in New Canaan, Connecticut with a three-course dinner at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York. This exclusive package is available for $400 per person and includes a two-hour tour with access to five Johnson-designed structures - Glass House, Painting Gallery, Sculpture...
Shikow (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I leave for Youngstown on November 9th. I still have to get my ticket. I'm a bit nervous. I have yet to be away from Sogee for so long. I hope she'll be okay. Two months is a good long while. She says she might visit Korea in December. I'm sure she'll find her visit back home surprising. When I visited America after being in Korea, it didn't even seem like America. It was more like a fuzzy dream that...
The Wooden Spoon (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
From Prospect Magazine , 'One difference between the avant-garde in classical music and in visual art, however, is that late 20th-century music was apt to defy these organising principles, while visual art did not. Although some viewers may fret that they cannot understand what is in front of them, it takes no more cognitive effort to “see” a painting by Mark Rothko than it does to look...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
[The Dusenberry place can be yours for $18 million, via Curbed Hamptons ] 1) North Haven: The home of Susan Dusenberry, wife of late advertising legend Phil Dusenberry, hit the market earlier this week for $18 million . The Peter Cook-designed, 5BR, 6.5BA house is 6,800 square feet. It sits on 11 acres of land in two combined lots. And, bargain hunters, the 5-acre-ish waterfront lot is available on...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice opens tonight at the Vaudeville Theatre It's a varied week on London's cultural calendar. We've got TV stars, kids' shows, religious art, wildlife photos and funky fashion to tempt you out into the autumn winds. Be There First: London Shows Opening Today's big West End opening is The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Vaudeville Theatre , starring X Factor's Diana...
arkitectoniq (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
» 3200 Darnell St, Fort Worth, TX - (817) 738-9215 [ map ] The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (widely referred to as The Modern) was first granted a Charter from the State of Texas in 1892 as the "Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery", evolving through several name changes and different facilities in Fort Worth. The mission of the museum is "collecting, presenting...
Joylene Nowell Butler (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
(Answer to questions posed 10/6) I couldn't resist answering tonight about the definition of literary. Here's the best analogy I can think of: Norman Rockwell vs. Jackson Pollock. I love Norman Rockwell. I grew up on his illustrations. I've been to his museum. I think he was a terrific artist, and extremely hard-working. His draws readers to think of the situations in which his characters are
Book of Kells (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Mural, 1943-44, and a sketch of the large signature that an art historian sees inside the painting. ©2009 POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF PEGGY GUGGENHEIM 1959.6 _____________________ I *love* stuff like this-- An upcoming book makes the provocative claim that Jackson Pollock spelled out his name in giant letters in his...
Daniel Pink (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Art historian Henry Adams thinks so. In a Smithsonian article, as well as in an upcoming book, he claims that Jackson Pollock hid his name in giant letters within the swirls of his famous 1943 Mural. If that seems loony, check out the interactive slide show on Smithsonian.com (you’ll need to scroll down [...]
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Did the Abstract Expressionist hide his name amid the swirls and torrents of a legendary 1943 mural? click for interactive photo An art historian makes the case for a signature gesture Source: Decoding Jackson Pollock Henry Adams Smithsonian magazine, October 2009 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Decoding-Jackson-Pollock.html
Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ide (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Paul Shambroom , Martin Mace cruise missile, Interstate 75 Exit 146, Centerville, Georgia, 2008 • In the statement for his newest series, " Shrines " (above), photographer Paul Shambroom asks, "Why is a machine that was made for killing used as a memorial to the dead? Does it help a community mourn and heal from its losses, or is it intended to inspire new generations of warriors?...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
CHICAGO, IL.- The art and rhetoric of Robert Motherwell helped define the New York School, a group of abstract painters active in the 1940s and 1950s that also included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. With an extensive academic background, Motherwell acted as the movement's unofficial spokesperson, writing and speaking about his generation of artists. Influenced by surrealism...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
A new article in Smithsonian posits that Jackson Pollock hid his full name in the abstractions of his famed piece Mural. The article's author, art historian Henry Adams, says that his wife, also an art scholar, was the first to notice the letters. From Smithsonian: I was researching a book about Pollock's lifelong relationship with his mentor, Thomas Hart Benton, the famed regionalist and muralist,...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
A new article in Smithsonian posits that Jackson Pollock hid his full name in the abstractions of his famed piece Mural. The article's author, art historian Henry Adams, says that his wife, also an art scholar, was the first to notice the letters. From Smithsonian: I was researching a book about Pollock's lifelong relationship with his mentor, Thomas Hart Benton, the famed regionalist and muralist,...
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