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Pets & Animals Posing for the Camera!

ART Animals Posing with Attitude  for Their Selfies! All of these photos look as if the animals posing were trying their best to create a great selfie to post on social media! Enjoy!                     (Source: Erica Cooper’s “Eyed Clown” blog <eyedclown.com>)   Until later,  Jack ARTS&FOOD is […]

Master Class / Preliminary Studies for Classical Paintings from the Met Museum

ART Master Class /  Preliminary Drawings  for Classical Paintings FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART One of my favorite parts of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the Gallery Hallway leading to the 2nd Floor Special Exhibition Spaces as you turn left off of the central Grand Staircase. This extra wide corridor is always […]

ART: Many Small and Midsized Art Galleries Closing in NYC

NYTimes reports Feuer/Mesler Gallery is Closing, Pictured above: Artist, Johannes VanDerBeek, “Primitive Landscape Suspended Leaves”, 2015, Aqua-Resin, fiberglass, steel, clay, silicone, paint Photo courtesy of Feuer/Mesler Gallery In the Art World  and in Food Publishing, “The times they are a-changing!” ART Small and Midsized Art Gallery Closures Grow in NYC and Around the USA. The New York Times reports […]

It’s Like an Hopper’s Painting!Edward Hopper’s Influence on the Art World!

Edward Hopper, Lomgard’s House, 1931   ART Edward Hopper’s Influence on the Art World! Diane Arbus A house on a hill, Hollywood, Cal. 1963 Diane Arbus, Woman at a counter, smoking, NYC 1962 Edward Hopper, Circus Wagon, 1928   Edward Hopper, Wellfleet Road, 1931 Lee Friedlander Kentucky, 1977 Lee Friedlander, Memphis, 1973 Lee Friedlander, Western […]

ONE ARTIST’S MEMORIES OF FREIZE NYC 2017

Pace Gallery NY, London, Paris, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Palo Alto, Menlo Park   ART ONE ARTIST’S MEMORIES OF  FREIZE NYC 2017 PHOTOS BY CRICHTON ATKINSON Frieze Projects Jon Rafman, “Dream Journal” Overduin & Co. Los Angeles Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, Rome Ivan Gallery, Bucharest Kim Fisher, “Never Taken seriously / Big Hole”, 2016, […]

Kid’s Drawings Made Real Through Photo Manipulation!

Zebra ART Kid’s Drawings Made Real Through  Photo Manipulation!   A dad turns his 6-year-old-son’s drawings into visual reality using photo manipulation. The son (Dom) likes to draw and even has his own Instagram account where he posts his favorite pictures. Once Dom has finished a batch of drawings, his dad recreates the creatures using […]

Enjoying Subway Art During the Frieze Art Week in NYC

View of NYC from the Jersey City Side of the Hudson River! ART Enjoying Random  Subway Posters During Frieze Art Week in NYC “Subway Muses” by Artist Johanna Goodman “Subway Muses” by Artist Johanna Goodman “Subway Muses” by Artist Johanna Goodman “Subway Muses” by Artist Johanna Goodman #FOLLOWTHEX   p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: […]

Maryam Alakbarli, Beauty as seen by a Down Syndrome Artist

Maryam Alakbarli, “Imitation of Van Gogh”, 2015 ART Maryam Alakbarli Gentleness in shapes and colors. Artists portray what they see and think using their natural talents. Maryam Alakbarli may be the most authentic artist painting in a naive style today. Her oil paintings are “Contemporary Art” at its best, with figures and objects reduced to […]

Chocolate Cloud Cake : A Special FOOD issue

FOOD Chocolate Cloud Cake Mmmmmmm Just made this chocolate cloud cake, and WOW what a neat experience it was to eat. The cake is made in a spring form pan and forms a thin crust on top, but the interior of the cake, when warm, is somewhere between chocolate mousse and cotton candy in texture. […]