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New Acquisition at Crystal Bridges Museum Mark Rothko’s ‘No. 210/No. 211 (Orange)   ART: CRYSTAL BRIDGES Opened on 11-11-11 Now at 12-12-12  It’s Time for an update, one year later! Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in the heartland of America (Bentonville, AR) one year ago with only 1000 pieces in its collection. Admittedly, most […]

Rodin: The Thinker Price: $250.00 Bonded bronze. Hand patinated. 7 1/2”H x 6”L x 4 1/2”W. Met Museum NYC ART SHOPPING: ARTSnFOOD GIFT GUIDES Table of Contents   #1 Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shopping – Holiday Gift Guide 2012 – #1   #2 Neue Gallery, NYC Museum Shopping – Holiday Gift Guide 2012 – #2 […]

  Pinocchio Tape Measure $6.00 This 60″ Pinocchio Tape Measure is practical, colorful, and fun. Simply pull Pinocchio’s nose to measure, and press his ear to retract the tape. ART SHOPPING 2012 GIFT GUIDE #4 From the  Gift Shop at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC 1.800.851.4509 (editor’s note) This year ARTSnFOOD is trying something different, by […]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s   Russian Dragonfly Pin Price: $90.00 The Metropolitan Museum’s Russian Dragonfly Pin is a sparkling adaptation of a whimsical brooch of platinum, diamonds, emeralds, and a pearl on display in the Moscow Kremlin Museums. This brooch embodies the popularity of insect motifs in the early twentieth century. Produced in cooperation with […]

Hoffmann Glass Service (series B Service – stripes) Designed in 1912 by Josef Hoffmann Frosted crystal with black bronzite decor $2575   ART SHOPPING   2012   GIFT GUIDE #2 From the  Design/Book Shop at the Neue Gallery, NYC (editor’s note) This year ARTSnFOOD is trying something different, by having each gift guide focus on […]

Wegman Ornamental Holiday Cards – Artist: William Wegman   Looks like the holidays have gone to the dogs, but this highly decorated canine friend doesn’t seem to mind! Photograph by William Wegman.    “Wishing you a joyous Holiday Season and a Peaceful New Year” in red ink. 7″ x 5″. Box of 20. $18.95 Item #128350   ART SHOPPING: GIFT GUIDE […]

(Art courtesy of The CocaCola Company)   FOOD: HOLIDAY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MORNING PANCAKES No Wheat Flour 1/4th the Carbs! Gluten Free! Anytime Pancakes I never order pancakes while eating breakfast out and seldom at home, because the idea of major carb loading just turns me off. Recently, I set out to invent a lower carb […]

The Merchants National Bank, Grinnell, was designed by Louis Sullivan, c 1914. This bank building now serves as Grinnell’s Chamber of Commerce and is located in the historic downtown district of Grinnell, Iowa. ART MERCHANT’S NATIONAL BANK BY CHICAGO ARCHITECT  LOUIS HENRI SULLIVAN A fabulous architectural gem can be found in the middle of “no-where”. The slogan for […]

Warhol “Jackie Portrait” & Alex Katz “Portrait of Lita”   ART: Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years at the Met, NYC. Through Decrmber 31, 2012 For decades, critics have observed that Andy Warhol exerted an enormous impact on contemporary art, but until now, no exhibition has explored the full nature or extent of that influence. […]

“Red Head in Victoria, Texas” Photos by Jack A. Atkinson   ART As NYC, its museums and art galleries clean up the mess and slowly come back to normal, I am taking the opportunity in this week’s issue to share some thoughts on photography and some personal photos which have been languishing in “my camera” […]