Gumby was a Friend of Mine and Sir You are no Gumby

Funny story about the mascot for the Shanghai World Expo and China being accused of raiding the “G”s, first Google and now Gumby. Shanghai Expo designer denies mascot copy of Gumby By ELAINE KURTENBACH...

LACMA Showcases American Art

Previously at the Met in NYC, “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915” is now installed in LACMA until May 23, 2010. The exhibit includes “seventy-five paintings, from before the Revolution to the start of World War I, that tell these stories in scenes of family life and courting, work...

Picasso at the Met

Picasso exhibits have sprouted up all over the country and now its NYC’s  turn: “Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art“ - April 27 – August 1, 2010  “This landmark exhibition is the first to focus exclusively on works by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) in the Museum’s...

Paul Klee at SF MoMA Until August 1st

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art continues to celebrate its 75th anniversary with exhibitions of works from artists associated with its beginnings. This time, it’s Swiss/German painter Paul Klee, 1879-1940. There will be “drawings, prints, and watercolors…an association began in 1984 what would...

Traveling Tut!

King Tutankhamun has ended his San Francisco visit and is now scheduled to appear in New York City at the Discovery Times Square Exposition on April 23, 2010.  This exhibit features 130 pieces spread across 10 galleries. The presentation includes jewelry, statues, masks, gold objects and of  course that...