Tag Archives: Picasso

Josh Spero takes on the art$

Posted on December 3, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

Sometimes you just have to get yourself kicked out. Writer, editor, and fellow-traveling art blogger Josh Spero calls out the art world’s misplaced values in a guest post this week in Hyperallergic. Do yourself a favor and read it in … Continue reading →

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First Impression

Posted on August 24, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Impressionism is arguably the most influential artistic movement of the last half millennium. It represented a stylistic break with the rigid Realism that preceded it, and inspired in its wake not only the techniques and subject matter embraced by visual … Continue reading →

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Past masterpieces, new perspectives

Posted on April 6, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

This is the second time we’ve seen this, so we’ll go ahead and call it a trend. Modern digital artists are revisiting the canvases of painters departed, lending dimensionality to their works. When last we checked in Picasso’s haunting “Guernica” … Continue reading →

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Developing story – HUGE art heist in Amsterdam

Posted on October 16, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

At least seven major art works have been stolen from the Kunsthal Museum in the Netherlands, in an early morning heist on Tuesday. The works include paintings by Picasso, Monet, Matisse, and Gauguin. The museum, which was celebrating its 20th anniversary … Continue reading →

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Guernica 3D

Posted on December 3, 2011 by editor, facilitator, decider

Is great art static? Does it capture a moment in time, then remain unchanged for posterity? Or is it permissible to reinterpret historical masterpieces with modern technology for the sake of new appreciation? These aren’t hypothetical questions. Artist Lena Gieseke … Continue reading →

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