Liverpool Art and Culture (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
This excellent exhibition finishes on 10 August 2008 so if you haven't seen it yet you don't have much longer. Its by no means just pictures of steam trains, its more a fascinating portrayal of society and the traversing...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Since Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is one of the most popular American artists, it’s no wonder she’s also one of the most requested artists on “Feel Art Again,” with votes from readers Gillian, nutmeag, Nerak, and AMT. While most of you have seen at least one of her paintings before, there’s much you probably don’t know [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
An exhibition of 60 photographs of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, along with 18 of her own works, opens Thursday at the Portland Museum of Art.
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Coming soon to mid-century-modern coffee tables: 756 pages and almost two feet of New York from British luxury press Gloria Books. The book features new and classic pieces from writers like E.B. White and Tom Wolfe, and photos by Alfred...
A Fanciful Twist (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Hi there! I know I don't pop in enough to wish you a lovely weekend (But, I do, even if I don't voice it)!! On this lovely day, I am painting and cooking all at the same time. A little...
Metroblogging NYC (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The Camera Club of New York is a long lived organization that has been around for over 100 years. It is THE club that helped photography gain acceptance as an art form. The movement by Alfred Stieglitz was started right here in our city. It became a forum for the advancement of the new art [...]
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Melbourne, VIC - Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a monumental figure in the history of twentieth century photography. In the opening decades of the century, Stieglitz championed the cause of artistic photography with the Photo-Secession group, and went on to become an important and influential modernist photographer. On exhibition 2 May - 28 September, 2008, at the National Gallery of Victoria (...
Joe Reifer - Words (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Make a note of it — by Joe Reifer Just when I was getting burnt on Lenswork, issue #75 arrived featuring Bill Jay’s great portraits and stories about famous photographers, and Larry G. Blackwood somehow making beautiful images of the often cliche´ subject of grain elevators. Only those of you who get the extended version on [...]
Looking Around (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Seems like a good day for Looking Around to do some looking around. 1. Fisk has decided to appeal the judge's decision that required it to display the Alfred Stieglitz Collection that has been in storage since November 2005. Last month a Nashville judge said that Fisk could keep the collection. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, which administers O'Keeffe's estate, was suing to take back the...
Ellipsis...Suddenly Carly (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
"In photography, there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality." -Alfred Stieglitz A recent poll in my dLife (Diabetic Life) newsletter asked the question, "What is your main creative outlet for dealing with diabetes?" I was surprised to see that 24% of those who responded, don't consider themselves to be creative. I find it a little silly that one would think that they would...
lloydslist.com (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
THE Quillan collection of photographs, which will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York on Monday, contains some of the finest work of the past 150 years by some of photography’s greatest names.
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 03/30/2008
Minneapolis, MN - This exhibition was organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) and comprises 90 photographs, drawn largely from the permanent collection. Among those represented are Edward Curtis, Rudolf Eickemeyer, Alfred Stieglitz, and Doris Ulmann. The show is accompanied by the first major book on the subject and will travel to museums in University Park, Pennsylvania, and Roanoke,...
BlogHer (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
March marks Women's History Month--the perfect time to brush up on your favorite artists and maybe a few more that never made it to your college textbooks way back when. Watching my nine year old take girl power as a matter of course, I'm all the more motivated to draw her attention to some of the unsung talents of our collective history along with some of the art icons of recent memory.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Fisk University "tried to break up and sell part of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of modern art, given to the university by Stieglitz's widow, renowned painter Georgia O'Keeffe," but a judge ruled that O'Keefe's rules prohibited such a transaction. Now, some are hoping that the ruling might actually bring Fisk together with Nashville's wealthy elite to put the school on firmer fiscal footing, without...
Enclave (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Judge tells Fisk that Alfred Stieglitz Collection to stay and that the university has 7 months to renovate the Carl Van Vechten Gallery for display or art returns to O'Keefe Estate in New Mexico. Time for Fisk to move to Plan B or lose the art and be left empty handed.
