by Sandy | Jan 26, 2015 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Detroit Institute of Arts presents ground breaking artists from the late 19th century. “The “extraordinary artists” in this exhibition are a “who’s who” of late 19th-century figures who moved art from its traditional academic moorings into the modern era… Edgar Degas’ bathers, dancers, and jockeys; Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s portraits of his family and celebrities; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s stage performers; Paul Cézanne’s bathers; and Pierre Bonnard’s and Edouard Vuillard’s intimate interior and city life scenes are among the featured works. Other artists included are Edouard Manet, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, Mary Cassatt, and Camille Pissarro.”
Ordinary People by Extraordinary Artists: Works on Paper by Degas, Renoir and Friends
Until March 29, 2015
Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
(Image: “Berthe Marisot”, etching, 1872, Manet)
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by Bob Martin | Jan 9, 2015 | Art, Museums
The paintings of Vasudeo S. Gaitonde are on exhibit at the Guggenheim in New York until February 11, 2015.
V.S. Gaitonde an Indian abstract artist whose work is infused with a kind of gentleness and calmness. I had always thought of abstract art as being not so gentle but rather screaming and rebellious. Trying and succeeding in getting my attention, demanding that I don’t forget. Much of V.S. Gaitonde’s work feels more like a good friend, someone I am always happy to see. Endlessly provocative.
Much is made of V.S.Gaitonde awakening to Buddhism and how that changed both his thinking and work. Transformation I believe is an integral part of any artist’s life and finding ways to evolve goes hand and hand with creativity. Attempting to place artist into neat little boxes like “Zen Abstract” does a disservice to the artist and the time and work put into his or her’s craft.
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by Sandy | Dec 22, 2014 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s “Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River” explores Claude Monet’s abiding fascination with the Seine by tracing his life along the iconic French waterway. This beautiful exhibition reunites more than 50 masterworks from collections around the world to present Monet’s most famous series of paintings.”
“Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River”
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Until February 1, 2015
(Image: Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen, 1872)
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by Sandy | Dec 11, 2014 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Galleries, Museums
For the 400th anniversary of his death, the Met presents the work of the Spanish renaissance painter and sculptor El Greco. 
“The Metropolitan Museum and the Hispanic Society of America are pooling their collections of the work of this great painter to provide a panorama of his art unrivaled outside the Museo del Prado in Madrid.”
“El Greco in New York” – Until February 1, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
BTW/FYI: “El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 1614), was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. “El Greco” (The Greek) was a nickname…a reference to his national Greek origin” (per WikiPedia)
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by Sandy | Dec 8, 2014 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
The Studio Museum in Harlem’s “Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art“ explores the ways contemporary artists use Ebony and Jet as a resource and as inspiration in their practices. “
“…Speaking of People features over thirty works by a multi-generational, interdisciplinary group of sixteen artists… includes photography, painting, sculpture and sound works that will occupy the Studio Museum’s Main galleries and Project Space. Artists in the exhibition: Noel Anderson, Jeremy Okai Davis, Godfried Donkor, Ellen Gallagher, Theaster Gates, Lyle Ashton Harris, David Hartt, Leslie Hewitt, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Ayanah Moor, Lorna Simpson, Martine Syms, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas and Purvis Young.”
“Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art”
Until March 8, 2015
The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 West 125th Street, NYC
(Image: “Hare”, Ellen Gallagher, 2013 -Ink, watercolor, oil, pencil and cut paper on paper)
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by Sandy | Nov 5, 2014 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Museum of Modern Art has a current exhibition of prints and posters from 19th century artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901).
“A cultural nexus, he connected artists, performers, authors, intellectuals, and society figures of his day, creating a bridge between the brothels and society salons of the moment. His work allows entry into many facets of Parisian life, from politics to visual culture and the rise of popular entertainment in the form of cabarets and café-concerts. This exhibition, drawn almost exclusively from The Museum of Modern Art’s stellar collection of posters, lithographs, printed ephemera, and illustrated books, is the first MoMA exhibition in 30 years dedicated solely to Lautrec, and features over 100 examples of the best-known works created during the apex of his career.“
“The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters”
Until March 22, 2015
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY
(Image: Jane Avril, 1899, Toulouse-Lautrec, Lithograph)
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