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Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums on 02 24th, 2010 | No Comments
Tutankhamun * SF deYoung
King Tutankhamun’s San Francisco revisit is coming to an end. First seen in 1979, the boy king returned to the de Young Museum in a brand new exhibit featuring 130 pieces – jewelry, statues, masks, gold objects and of course that famous golden sarcophagus.
“Tutankhamun and the Golden Age...
Posted by Sandy in Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Directors, Exhibits, Movies, Museums on 02 17th, 2010 | No Comments
Tim Burton at MOMA
The Museum of Modern Art, NYC presents a retrospective of artist and film maker Tim Burton.
The program is a celebration of the gifted and often bizarre and controversial director of such movies as “Sweeney Todd”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, “Ed Wood” and “The Corpse Bride”....
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Film, Movies on 02 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Oscar Winners on DVD
Columbia Best Pictures Collection
Columbia Pictures has assembled a DVD box set of their Best Picture Academy Award winners from 1934, ‘It Happened One Night” to 1982, “Gandhi”.
The movies included in this 14 DVD set:
1934 It Happened One Night
1938 You Can’t Take It with You
1949 All...
Posted by Sandy in Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Featured Articles, Museums on 01 31st, 2010 | 2 Comments
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...
Posted by Sandy in Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Culture, Museums on 01 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
“Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma”
In the 19th century, Siam (now Thailand) and Burma (now Myanmar) were neighboring kingdoms. Before they were touched by European imperialism, their traditions of luxurious arts and architecture flourished.
The Asian Arts Museum of San Francisco’s “Emerald Cities is the first major exhibition...
Posted by Sandy in Actors, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Directors, Film, Movies on 12 19th, 2009 | No Comments
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...
Village Vanguard * 75 Years
Legendary Jazz club the Village Vanguard will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2010. Such jazz greats as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, and Cannonball Adderly, just to name a few, all played at the Vanguard and more than 100 Jazz albums were recorded here.
Opened...
Posted by Sandy in Artist Awards, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Events, Exhibits, Museums on 12 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Picture Books with “Heart and Soul”
Starting on November 21, the Art Institute of Chicago presents “Heart and Soul: Art from Coretta Scott King Award Books”.
“The hearts and souls of musicians and poets, great feats of bravery and risk, and spiritual uplift are some of the memorable messages portrayed in this collection of picture...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Photograhy on 12 10th, 2009 | No Comments
FYI * Photography Contest!
“Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial” is an international competition created by Hearst Magazines to identify and promote new and emerging photographers.
The entries will be accepted starting on January 4, 2010. Eight winners will be chosen on March 1, 2010 and the photographers work will...
Posted by Sandy in Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Drawing, Exhibits, Galleries on 12 10th, 2009 | No Comments
Arthur Okamura * Artist
Bay area artist, Arthur Okamura, 1932 – 2009, did screen printing, painting and drawing. His first exhibition was with Braunstein/Quay Gallery in 1981, showing works from his travels to Indonesia. “A tireless and gifted artist, Okamura had recently completed a body of Zen influenced paintings and...
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