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Mid-America Road Trip – A Photo Essay + Cooking at Home vs Eating-Out

ART “A Mid-America Road Trip” Photo Essay by Jack A. Atkinson As summer comes to an end, most Americans have done some sort of recreation, taken some time off from work, or gone on a vacation, to recharge their batteries and to attach a memory to the 2016 summer season. ARTSnFOOD’s editor / publisher Jack A. Atkinson shows some […]

Norma Jeane Mortenson is Very Photogenic – Images of Marilyn Monroe + FOOD: Dinner Party Seafood Pasta

“Marilyn” by Andy Warhol ART MARILYN MONROE is AN ICONIC IMAGE in CONTEMPORARY ART   Marilyn Monroe has become as much a part of the art scene as the contemporary art stars who are featured at major art galleries and art auctions. As a “Madonna figure”, a beautiful symbol of the perfect female body, as a model for photographers […]

MY LOVE OF ART: LOST BECAUSE I WALKED AWAY when I was young and impressionable + FOOD: Crispy Potato, Onion, & Mushroom Rosti

“Cedar Drawing” by Jack A. Atkinson, Ink & Brush on Arches Paper   I STOPPED MAKING ART DURING  “ADOLESCENCE POSTURING” –  THINKING I WAS NO GOOD &  I WAS EMBARRASSED TO BE AN ARTIST! AS AN ADULT, I LONG FOR THE LOVE I LOST. Editor’s Note: This issue has been adapted from The Painters Keys blog. […]

The American Indians Portrayed at Crystal Bridges Museum+FOOD

A Native American Brave (detail of marble sculpture) Artist: Randolph Rogers 1825-1892 title: “Atala and Chactas” c. 1854 ART At Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art a new exhibit, titled “Changing Perspectives of Native Americans”, shows how the American Indians were portrayed by European and early Euro-American artists.   Currently in one of Crystal Bridges’ museum galleries […]

Inside the Mind of an Artist + FOOD: Baked Zucchini Chips

Detail of art installation: “Yellow Sphere”, medium: translucent plex & steel wires,  220 cm diameter by artist Lulio le Parc ART 1 Looking inside “The Mind of an Artist!” For the most part, artists and creative people make their work alone. So “self-talk” is generally the only conversation going-on, in the artist’s studio! • From […]

Douglas Coupland – Featured Artist at Armory Show 2016 + FOOD: Make a Brandy Milk Punch this Summer

A Douglas Coupland De-recognize Photographic Portrait. Douglas Coupland featured artist at the  ARMORY SHOW  NYC 2016  Canadian Douglas Coupland is the author of many non-fiction books & novels and currently is the visual artist in residence at the Google Cultural Institute in Paris, France, among many other impressive resume listings in the publishing world and […]

A Close Look :Andrew Wyeth’s Painting, Christina’s World + FOOD: Vichyssoise Ice Cream

Christina’s World Painting by Andrew Wyeth,1948 permanent collection: Museum of Modern Art, NYC Egg Tempera on Gessoed Panel   ART Taking a Very  Close Look at  Andrew Wyeth’s  Christina’s World at MoMA   Christina’s World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth, and is one of the best-known American paintings of the middle 20th […]

Create a Photo Essay on Your All American Summer Road Trip! + FOOD: Paté Maison

Make Your Own Photo Essay, Take The All American  Summer Road Trip! IT’S SUMMER VACATION TIME! Below is a list of landmarks and cultural institutions you can visit in all *48 contiguous United States + D.C., while you take the All American Summer Road Trip! The map was created to show the most economical way (time […]

FRIEZE ART FAIR, NYC 2016, (Issue #3) + FOOD: Roasted celery root, cabbage & celery leaves, cashew cream sprinkled with dried black lime

ART: Issue #3 FRIEZE ART FAIRNYC 2016More art from this years Frieze Art Fair: the art, the artists, and the new approaches! These works are the cutting edge of art NOW, in 2016, and they are a sampling from galleries located in all of the major art centers of the world. –lmine Rech Gallery, Paris, […]

FRIEZE ART FAIR NYC 2016 + FOOD: Seafood and Chicken Sausage Étouffée

Yoyoi Kusama, “The Moment of Regeneration” 2004, 55 parts of sewn fabric, urethane, wood, paint, Victoria Miro Gallery ART: Issue #2 FRIEZE ART FAIR NYC 2016 This issue of ARTSnFOOD is dedicated to taking a closer look at “THE ART”, the artists, the galleries, and the new approaches found at FRIEZE ART FAIR, NYC – […]