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The art of the Fourth
Happy birthday, America. Enjoy this retrospective of Independence Day in the arts…
Neanderthal art!
Fast on the heels of our discussion late last month with esteemed cave-art expert and paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger, we check back in on this fascinating subject, based on ground-breaking revelations. Just published yesterday, new research on cave art in … Continue reading
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Tagged Art history, cave art, cultural history, Genevieve von Petzinger
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Connecting with an ancient artform
One of the most important unifying threads in art, in any art, is that of connection. It is that momentary removal of time and distance between observer and creator, when they become of one mind. Intent is key here, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art history, cave art, cave paintings, culture, Genevieve von Petzinger, TEDTalks, Vincent Van Gogh
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This Van Gogh has been hiding a secret
Call it a hazard of painting plein air (or maybe call it, “stilled life”). Vincent Van Gogh, mostly known for his sweetly tragic tenure, is nearly as celebrated for his extraordinary oil-painting technique and masterful interpretation of nature. Like the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art history, entomology, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Olive Trees, Vincent Van Gogh
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Virtual exhibitions bring art to us all
Hopefully there’s an art museum, gallery, studio, or exhibition space within easy traveling distance from wherever you’re sitting right now. And hopefully it beckons you, and you grace it with your patronage just as often as you possibly can. But…we … Continue reading
Hold your breath and steady your hands: Van Gogh under restoration
It’s necessary, no doubt; and at the same time it’s scary as hell: one of the most iconic post-expressionist paintings in existence is about to undergo restoration. The painting in question is Vincent Van Gogh‘s Amsterdam Sunflowers (1889), the third … Continue reading
Artists at work (that we never thought we’d see)
Sydney professor John Hall is to be heartily commended (hat tip also to Huffington Post’s Priscilla Frank for spreading the word) for helping to preserve some amazing century-old glimpses of artistic giants at work. Ever seen (or ever imagine you … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art history, Huffington Post, John Robert Hall, Monet, Renoir, Rodin
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A century of the absurd – Looking back on Dada
It was roughly a hundred years ago (the dates are hard to pin down) that one of history’s most vibrant, innovative, and influential art movements was born. Dadaism dominated the scene for a scant twenty years, spinning off from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Armory Show, Art, Art history, Dada, Dadaism, performance art
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Faces of inspiration
The muse presents herself exactly as she wills, and to trying to predict what inspires artists is certain folly. It’s the will o’ the wisp, inspiration is, and difficult though it is to chase and capture, that very elusiveness is … Continue reading
Is the art world wracked by fraud?
Seems like a dirty little secret of the art world, one that’s probably been whispered about since art became a commodity and collections became investments, is breaking out into the open. Dealers, curators, and those investment-level collectors probably aren’t sanguine about … Continue reading
Da Vinci’s drafts
Nearly five hundred years after his death, Leonardo Da Vinci is still celebrated, and widely recognized, as one of the Western world’s most accomplished polymaths, inventors, and above all, artists. Even the most uninitiated can easily see why—a glance through … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art history, lady with an ermine, leonardo da vinci, Pascal Cotte, what is culture?
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Made in the USA – a collector’s retrospective
Duncan Phillips pioneered the collection of American art. He did so at a time when most of the world was loathe to admit Americans could create or even appreciate art. From the 1920s until his death in 1966, he built … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Calder, American art, Art, Art history, Duncan Phillips, Georgia O'Keefe, Mark Rothko, Phillips Collection, Winslow Homer
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Nice smile you got there, lady
Well this is somewhat horrifying. Researchers in Florence, Italy are all set to dig up the bones of Lisa Gherardini, died 1542, with the goal of reconstructing her face to see if maybe, just maybe, she might have been Leonardo’s model … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art history, Florence, Italy, leonardo da vinci, Mona Lisa
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