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 Sandy | Jan 22, 2015 | Art
The work of visual artist Keith Haring, (1958-1990), is on view at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco until February 16, 2015.
“Keith Haring: The Political Line” “features more than 130 works of art including large scale paintings (on tarpaulins and canvases), sculptures, and a number of the artist’s subway drawings, among other works. The critically acclaimed exhibition creates a narrative that explores the artist’s responses to nuclear disarmament, racial inequality, the excesses of capitalism, environmental degradation, and others issues of deep personal concern to the artist.”
“Keith Haring: The Political Line”
Until February 16, 2015
De Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
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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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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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