by Sandy | Nov 2, 2014 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
“In 2009, Pérez Art Museum Miami (then Miami Art Museum) was one of 50 institutions in 50 states to receive a gift of 50 objects from the legendary collection of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel. The Vogels began purchasing art in the 1960s in New York, where they were among the first collectors to focus on Conceptual, Minimalist, and Post-Minimalist tendencies. Despite their modest means—Mrs. Vogel was a librarian and Mr. Vogel a post office worker—the couple amassed over 4,000 important works, developing strong personal relationships with artists such as Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Pat Steir and Richard Tuttle. This exhibition showcases this extraordinary couple’s generous donation, while providing a glimpse of their unique sensitivity to experimental artistic production.”
“To Herb and Dorothy: Celebrating the Vogel Gift”
Until November 16, 2014
PAMM / Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd.
FYI: There is an entertaining documentary called “Herb & Dorothy”. It was part of the PBS “Independent Lens” in 2009. We are given some idea why & how 4,000 pieces of art were collected and stored in the couple’s small 1 bedroom apartment in NYC. It’s on DVD.
(Image: Daryl Trivieri, The Head Trip, 1985)
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by Sandy | Oct 29, 2014 | Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries, Museums
“Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is considered one of the twentieth century’s most important artists. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele is celebrated for his singular style of draftsmanship, unusual use of color, and physically raw, often sexually provocative depictions of his sitters. Schiele’s expressive style and controversial subject matter played an important role in the advancement of modernism in Europe.“ This is the first exhibition, approximately 125 paintings, drawings, at an American museum to focus exclusively on portraiture in Schiele’s work.
“Egon Schiele: Portraits” – Until January 19, 2015
Neue Galerie Museum for German and Austrian Art
104 E 86th St, at 5th Ave, NYC
(Image: Self Portrait, 1910)
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by Sandy | Oct 23, 2014 | Blogroll
I’ve held off and was able to control my shock and horror when I saw the “Christmas in July days” advertised on assorted Home Shopping channels. I’ve even refrained from snarkish mutterings while rolling my cart past twinkling displays in Costco. A TV channel (not to be named) is launching Christmas themed movies on Halloween. I am NOT a Grinch, but, it is too soon.
I love the holidays – the smells, the sounds, the food, the ribbons & boxes, the door stopper fruit cake & all the glittery stuff that comes with the season. (Those little white lights wrapped around shrubs or trees make me smile.) I will flood family, friends & neighbors with good wishes, good vibes, happy salutations, etc, urging all to be thankful and grateful for what we have. And, I think keeping a decorated tree in your living room all year long is anyone’s prerogative – enjoy. However, “Jingle Bells” in Wal-Mart in August is too soon. The stomach rolling, dancing Santa and the wiggling mounted fish should only be seen in the dead of winter – not in Walgreens in September. Listening to Burl Ives singing “Have a Jolly, Jolly Christmas” in an elevator before Halloween is too soon.
Please, don’t get me wrong and dismiss this post as just a ranting whine of a woman of a certain age. It’s an observation. Yes, I know I “observed” this “too early” Xmas situation last year and the year before that & I understand my missive will change nothing – but, it clears my air!
I love the Christmas holidays, but July, August, September, October – too soon!
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by Sandy | Oct 12, 2014 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Earthly Delights, “eight artists who share a belief in the critical power of beauty. Drawn primarily from the MCA’s permanent collection, and made between 1949 and 2006, the paintings, sculptures, and installations in this exhibition embrace the decorative in defiance of prevailing artistic trends. By reveling in pleasure, exploring private moments, and exuding sensuality, these works challenge the primacy of rationality and logic in modernism.”
The exhibit features work by, Balthus, Lynda Benglis, Carol Bove, Nick Cave, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Lari Pittman, and Yinka Shonibare.
“Earthly Delights” until November 30, 2014
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Image: Untitled #14, 2003 – Lari Pittman (Oil, lacquer and Cel-Vinyl on gessoed canvas over wood panel)
by Sandy | Sep 29, 2014 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
I love this face!
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston offers “Jamie Wyeth” until December. “This retrospective, the first in more than 30 years, presents a full range of Jamie Wyeth’s work from his earliest, virtuoso portraits to his most current mysteriously symbolic seascapes.”
Some 100 paintings will be included. “The exhibition will feature Wyeth’s portraits of subjects such as his wife, Phyllis Wyeth; John F. Kennedy (commissioned by family members after his death); Rudolf Nureyev; and Andy Warhol; which will be shown alongside a selection of preparatory drawings and studies that offer a window into the artist’s immersive approach to portraiture.”
Jamie Wyeth until December 28, 2014
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
(Image: Kleberg (detail), 1984. Oil on canvas)
by Sandy | Sep 25, 2014 | Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
This American artist’s work will be all over the Whitney Museum as the building is filled with “Jeff Koons: A Retrospective” until October 19.
“Examining the breadth and depth of thirty-five years of work by Jeff Koons (b. 1955), one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 20th century, this highly anticipated volume features all of his most famous pieces.
Also included are preparatory sketches and plans for sculptures and paintings as well as installation photographs that shed light on Koons’s artistic process and trace the development of his work throughout his landmark career.“
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective
Until October 19, 2014
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, NYC
(Image: “Michael Jackson and Bubbles”, 1988)
