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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” […]

Nasa Photo of Hurricane Sandy approaching the New York City area and the USA’s north east Atlantic coast.   Greg of “jesseandgreg” took this picture of Manhattan’s East Village. This week’s arrival of Hurricane Sandy into the NYC area caused street level flooding which reached levels of 4 to 5 feet inside many art galleries. […]

Enjoy (AAF) (detail of drawing) Forest Rain Gallery Artist- Ieo Gek Ching “Ape” Pen & ink on brown paper ART The Affordable Art Fall October, 2012, New York City: We broke our coverage of the AAF into 4 sections, to keep the issues smaller. Below are the links (click on a, b, c or d) to […]

In the Gallery Booth of Rebecca Hossack Gallery, NY/London, As customers buy a piece of art. The Crowd at the AAF. ART Its a wrap!  Affordable Art Fair Fall 2012 NYC This is the last issue dedicated to the Affordable Art Fair, NY. We felt that it was important to give this fair a good […]

AAF-NYC Director, Cristina Salmastrelli, being photographed by the art press. Read these book titles carefully! REBECCA HOSSACK Gallery, NY / London – “The Great American Navel” photographic print ART Affordable Art Fair Coverage Continues Our coverage of the AAF continues in an effort to keep the coverage on these art fairs a bit shorter by […]

Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY Artist: Don Morris – (detail) “A World of Small Heroes” Comics attached to canvas.           ART THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR AAF, Fall, NYC, October 2012 The third editon of a FALL Affordable Art Fair, New York City, successfully concluded earlier this month with visitor attendance topping 9,500 and artwork […]

FOOD French Bread Crustini This appetizer, or “morning, noon & night” snack, is as easy as it is wonderful. Buy some 6″ French bread loafs and slice them into 3/4″ rounds. Place some foil on a cookie sheet, spray with oil. Put the rounds onto the foil and spray the tops with oil. Sprinkle some garlic […]

   ART Richard Kurtz’s Boxers If you missed the boat with Basquiat consider an original boxer painting by artist Richard Kurtz.   I came across Richard Kurtz’s “Boxer” images this past weekend in NYC (at AAF, Buenos Aires Open Art {www.HoyArteHoy.com.ar}). His crudely painted art has many of the same elements that make a Jean-Michael […]