Watteau to Degas at the Frick
Until January 10, 2010, the Frick Museum in NYC will have a program called, “Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection”
Included in the exhibit are drawings by Degas, Watteau, Fragonard, Boucher, Delacroix and more.
French Drawings – until 1/10/10
The Frick Collection...
An African Contemporary Journey
Le pont / Bamako / Mali / 2008 by Joel Andrianomearisoa
The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art opening reception January 9th of “A Collective Diary:
An African Contemporary Journey”, featuring the work of 12 African contemporary artists.
Art always captures the truth, as it is witnessed...
Avatar vs. Alien
An entertaining movie, especially on the giant IMAX
screen and a theater filled with kids impressed with 3D. and trying to touch everything. A couple of times I confused people walking in the isle as being in the movie. I had not seen a 3D movie in years and was surprised how much better the viewing...
Furniture at the Dallas Museum
One of the exhibits at the Dallas Museum of Art is “The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs”. “Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936) called his unprecedented designs “artistic furniture.” His unusually inventive forms and imaginative carving combined many different influences, from the abstract naturalism...
Relating to Giacometti
There is elegance in simplicity and the meaning of the words may be the same. I’ve always wanted to and have struggled as an artist to keep it simple. Alberto Giacometti is an artist that I admire because he never made it complicated. His work speaks powerfully and quietly. I aspire to speak...
Fellini and Truthfulness
Fellini is seen as a puppeteer, a sort of Jim Henson, who demanded complete control
Federico Fellini
over his actors and anything else that had to do with his movies was truly an artist with a canvas that was in motion. What I take away from watching his movies was his honesty. Although movies like...
Another Picasso Exhibit
The importance of Picasso’s contribution to modern art can’t be overstated but I feel that some of the larger Museums fail in their effort to create mega exhibits when they fall back on the big names, much like how some movie producers will only green light a production if there is a star.
This...
“Cruz’n- Scenes of Santa Cruz” – Water Colors
2 artists, Carol Mead and Terri Hill, created the water colors for the show, “Cruz’n- Scenes of Santa Cruz” at the bay area Viewpoints Gallery in Los Altos, CA.
Beautiful, saturated colors enhance their images of summer – beaches, amusement parks, and boardwalks.
Lovely and fun.
“Cruz’n...
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DVD Corner: “Dirty, Pretty Things”
Don’t let the title fool you. This is not a Z list reality TV show.
“Dirty Pretty Things”, 2004 DVD, is a movie that explores how “invisibles” get over/get by in a hostile environment. Illegal immigrants often perform work that nobody else wants to do, but are not really seen. Jobs are done...
Quilts of Gees Bend * Nevada Museum
There is a great exhibit that has been traveling around the country, museums, churches, community houses, for the past several years – “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend”. In 2010 it will visit the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno.
The quilts were sewn by the women of a small Alabama community. Beginning...
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