Beads!

The Newark Museum has extended its current exhibit, “Glass Beads of Ghana”, from June 2009 until March 2010. The popular presentation details the over 400 year old use of decorative beads as an art form in Africa. This tradition has been maintained and expanded in the west African country of Ghana. ...

Introduction to Africa – Via HBO

Recently it had been suggested that HBO was off it’s game once the Sopranos and the Wire finished there runs. And yes it took some time to come up with a series that satisfied my taste, but The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency has been well worth the wait. The series is adapted from the books of...

The “West” in Art

DAM, the Denver Museum of Art, is showcasing America’s “West” and how it is presented by the American artist. Charles M. Russell, (1864-1926) Charles Deas (1818-1867), N.C. Wyeth 1882-1945) and others painted Cowboys, Indians, gunslingers, landscapes and legendary ‘Rocky Mountain Men” as a way...

DVD Corner: “The Departed”

This 2006 film, directed by Martin Scorsese, was just on network TV a few days ago. If you can, watch the DVD to have a seamless experience and no bleeps. The Departed is a violent, hard film, no sweetness here, no happy ending. A young police officer goes undercover in a local gang, just as a gang member...

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Collection

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 all together in a new space for easier viewing. (An example is...