DAM: African Art Collection

The Denver Museum of Art, “DAM”, has a permanent African exhibit that includes paintings, sculptures, masks, bronze figures, plaques and mixed media installations from all over the continent. There are several works by colorful Nigerian artist, Moyo Ogundipe.   I like them! DAM, Denver Museum of...

DOTS!

Georges-Pierre Seurat, 1859-1891, is considered the first “Neo-Impressionist” and an innovator of 19th century art using the “Pointillist” style of painting. “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”, (1884-1886) – this 10 foot wide painting is perhaps Suerat’s...

Tom Cruise – Back to Old Fashioned Movie Star

Went to see “Knight and Day” the Tom Cruise action/comedy flick over the holiday weekend and laughed myself silly. Reminded me of  a Carey Grant or John Wayne movie, where they play themselves. I’ve never heard Cruise use an accent or try to walk, smile  or look differently successfully...

“Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist”

Often referred to as a “Harlem Renaissance painter”, Aaron Douglas (May 1898 – February 1979) spent his early years in Topeka, Kansas and moved to NYC in 1925. Douglas worked with flat forms and hard edges. “In paintings, murals, and book illustrations, he incorporated elements from music, dance,...

Renoir – Philadelphia Museum of Art

Like Picasso’s work, Renoir’s paintings, 1841-1919, are doing some hard traveling around the country this year too. There was an exhibit at LACMA/Los Angeles County Museum of Art earlier this year and now to the Philadelphia Museum of Art presenting “Late Renoir”:  “Late Renoir follows the...