Sargent in Houston...
American artist John Singer Sargent, 1856-1925, known primarily for his portraits, is the star of 2 exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston beginning February 14, 2010.
“Sargent and the Sea”: “the little-explored maritime paintings and drawings that Sargent produced in various locales during the first five years of his career.“
“Houston’s Sargents”: “30 works drawn from local...
Digital Photography at the...
“The Portrait Unbound” exhibit is a collection of 21 large photographs created by Robert Weingarten using composite digital images that represent his subjects.
There are portraits of Hank Aaron, Buzz Aldrin, Chuck Close, Jane Goodall, Dennis Hopper, Colin Powell, and more, that include not just pictures, but also their interests, accomplishments and passions.
“Portrait Unbound”...
Passage on the Underground...
Today I got the chance to meet Stephen Marc again and to see his incredible book of photo montages and composites “Passage on the Underground“. Talking with Stephen is inspiring, full of lessons and new understanding about the history of the African in America.
While on his Underground Railroad explorations, Marc’s experiences include:
Passage on the Underground...
Impressionist / Post-Impre...
The Art Institute of Chicago has revamped and refurbished its extensive collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. Works by Pierre August Renoir, Jean Carriès, Paul Gauguin, Emile Bernard, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet are together in a permanent new space for easier viewing.
BTW: “Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris based artists exhibiting...
Watercolors * Studio Museu...
I love watercolors – the result can look so easy and effortless – the best don’t reveal the skill and control required.
The Studio Museum of Harlem is showcasing 18 pieces on paper - A Delicate Touch: Watercolors from the Permanent Collection:
“Watercolor is quick, lightweight and portable. Successfully painting with watercolors requires dexterity, a soft touch and a delicate...
Jacob Lawrence: Dallas Mus...
Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture
African American artist Jacob Lawrence (1918-2000) “created 15 dramatic and colorful silk-screen prints based on a series of 41 paintings entitled “The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture” that he completed in 1938. This exhibition will present all fifteen silk-screen prints from the Curtis Ransom Collection of African American Art, alongside the...
Renoir at LACMA...
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents “Renoir in the 20th Century”.
This exhibit promises to “focus on the last three decades of Renoir’s career, when, following his rupture with impressionism, he turned to an art that was decorative, classical, and informed by a highly personal interpretation of the Great Tradition. Renoir’s paintings from this period, which have never been studied...
Real Transformation...
The F. W. Woolworth building in Greensboro N.C. has been transformed into “The International Civil Rights Center and MuseumIt ” and continues its testimony on this country’s unjust and bias treatment towards its own people. One purpose that a museum serves is that of a place where the past can be contemplated. Not often is it in a place where history was actually made. Fifty years...
Friends Of Artists...
It is said that creativity is what has us (not sure who the us is) excel in the world, which in my thinking is another way to say we better support the arts.
Bedroom at Arles - Roy Lichtenstein
I don’t think you need to know a lot about art, just know what it is that you like and can afford. Regardless of the price, if it brings you joy it is well worth it. Start off small, visit local artists...
Henri Matisse – AIC...
The French artist Matisse, (1869-1954), is known for his use of glorious color in both his paintings and lithographs. However, this exhibit, according to the Art Museum of Chicago curators, focuses on “the time between his 1913 return from Morocco and his 1917 departure for Nice witnessed the production of the artist’s most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic works: paintings that are abstracted...
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