by Sandy | Mar 9, 2010 | Art, Blogroll, Drawing, Exhibits, Museums
Until April 11, 2010, drawings and prints from the 16th to the 21st centuries will be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The work, from the museum’s permanent collection, represents artists from America, Italy, France, Holland and England in all their diverse styles: Raphael, Rembrandt, Goya, Ingres, Delacroix, Manet, Degas, Cézanne, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Matisse, Hockney and Ruscha.
“Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection” until April 11, 2010
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
Galleries for Drawings and Prints on 2nd floor
by Bob Martin | Mar 8, 2010 | Art, Exhibits, Galleries
I don’t know that Galleries have a smell and when I see pictures of the Betty Cuningham Gallery I can do one better then smelling it I can almost taste it. When I see paintings with tons of space around them for viewers to soak up each painting as if it were for them alone I feel joy and some envy (sorry, but true).
Betty Cuningham Gallery NYC
This set up is from the current exhibit of William Bailey’s work which will be on display until March 27th
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by Sandy | Mar 8, 2010 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums, Photograhy
Beginning March 20, 2010, the Museum of the African Diaspora showcases photographer Bryan Wiley’s portfolio dealing with Altars and Rituals from around the world.
“Wiley has assembled his photographs of altar objects from Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, South Carolina and New Orleans into large ornate frames creating collages that reveal the blurred lines between sacred and secular worlds. Wiley’s assembled images focus on the power of the natural elements, earth, wind, fire, and water as manifest in the deities venerated in the altars. Large photographs of the physical locales and the surrounding landscapes contextualize his interpretive installations creating a quiet atmosphere of reverence.”
“African Continuum: Sacred Ceremonies and Rituals” 3/20 – 8/28/10
MoAD – The Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission Street San Francisco, CA
(Image: Hanging crosses in Candomble shop, 2006
Senhor do Bonfim, Brazil)
by Sandy | Mar 5, 2010 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Museums
“Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection” * March 7 – May 30, 2010
“This exhibition of about 145 objects from the Thaw collection of the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York will re-introduce the museum visitors to American Indian art in a broad survey that samples Native artistic accomplishment before and after the arrival of Europeans.”
Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd , Cleveland, Ohio
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by Bob Martin | Mar 3, 2010 | Cable, Showtime
Lauren Graham
First of all Peter Krause (Six Feet Under) belongs on HBO or Showtime and maybe this creation from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer may prove too big and complicated for NBC, which has been stuck in “Law and Order” mode for the last 10 years, and the show will wind up on cable, just like Southland. Parenthood has a large cast that helps to answer the question “I wondered what happened to Bonnie Bedelia, Erika Christensen, Craig T. Nelson and Monica Potter?” which suggests that TV and cable is where the work is. The writers in the first episode pick up on themes that are reminiscent (they watch cable too) of Weeds, Nurse Betty, Modern Family and Californication in fact Lauren Graham as Sarah Braverman, reminds me of a less lethal Nancy Botwin as played by Mary-Louise Parker.
Mary-Louise Parker
The story lines are diverse and challenging and I am afraid that NBC will chicken out like they did (I believe) with Southland. Here is a chance in a drama format to educate a large portion of our society who still believe that if your kid is Autistic that its your fault, that families without a traditional mother and father setup are doomed or still see race as black vs white. For certain this program is about a white family and I think the creators of the show want to touch on something real, so we will see plenty of “post racial” issues as they go forward.
I was surprised that I enjoyed the first show, they are usually hectic attempts at establishing who people are. I will be looking to see if NBC can pull this off.
by Sandy | Mar 2, 2010 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries, Museums
Beginning March 9, 2010, the Frick will showcase “Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery”.
“The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the loan of nine Old Master paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, one of the major collections of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century pictures in the world.“
Included in the exhibit will be paintings by, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Watteau, Van Dyck, Murillo and more.
“Masterpieces of European Painting” 3/9 to 5/30/10
The Frick Collection, 1 East 70th Street , New York, NY
(Image: “Girl at Window”, 1645 Rembrandt and “Les Plaisirs du Bal”, 1715 Watteau)
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by Bob Martin | Mar 1, 2010 | Art, Exhibits, Museums, Photograhy
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This coming weekend (March 6th) the Phoenix Art Museum will exhibit the work of five contemporary American photographers who individually and collectively document both the subtle and dramatic changes that have occurred in this country. Change is always going forward and we are always nostalgic about the past or the “good old days”. Photography can captures how it was for us and the opportunity to reflect honestly on the past.
Phoenix Art Museum-Norton Photography Gallery
March 6, 2010 – June 27, 2010
Before or after visiting the museum, suggest you grab a bit to eat at the Breadfruit an “Organic Jamaican Grill”, locating not far from the museum.
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by Sandy | Mar 1, 2010 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The work that he produced in Italy is the focus of the exhibit of American Impressionist artist Maurice Prendergast, 1858 – 1924, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston until May 9, 2010.
“Prendergast in Italy features more than 60 picturesque views of Venice, Rome, Siena, and Capri drawn from a number of public and private collections…The presentation demonstrates Prendergast’s ranking in American art as a technically superb watercolor artist… The vivid palette and liveliness of his work disguise the rigor and bold aesthetic approach to his subjects in works that continue to charm new generations of museum goers.”
“Prendergast in Italy” – Until 5/9/10
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, MFAH
(Image: “The Grand Canal, Venice, 1898)
by Sandy | Feb 26, 2010 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Now until May 23, 2010, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is showcasing, “Focus On Artists – Selections from the Collection”
“This exhibition looks at SFMOMA’s long-term relationships with several modern masters whose iconic works were influential in defining movements from Abstract Expressionism to Postminimalism and beyond. To illustrate the depth of these relationships, individual galleries will feature works by Richard Diebenkorn, Guston, Ellsworth Kelly, Brice Marden, Robert Ryman, Richard Serra, Frank Stella, and Clyfford Still. On January 16, the exhibition will double in size to showcase a diverse group of contemporary artists in honor of SFMOMA’s 75th anniversary.”
“Focus On Artists – Selections from the Collection”
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
(Images: “Ocean Park #54”, 1972 Richard Diebekorn and “A Set of Six Self-Portraits”, Andy Warhol, 1967)
by Bob Martin | Feb 24, 2010 | Art, Art Travel, Creativity
Steve Mumford's "Dying Soldier" 2009 oil on linen.
After witnessing war first hand, an artist’s depiction never resembles Rambo or the animated Xbox games like “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” or any other fictional account of war. It is almost always a portrait of people thinking they are doing the right thing, killing or dying because someone has asked them to. They are never the people who start wars.
The Postmasters Gallery in New York City is currently showing recent paintings by Steve Mumford that depict his experience when visiting Iraq and Afghanistan. Mumford paints the dutiful, the courageous, the bored and the frightened. Unlike a photographer, a painter spends a long time with what must surely haunt them.
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