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King of the Carnival.   Throw me something mister!   Purple, green and gold Mardi Gras flags following a float. ART Lafayette’s Mardi Gras  is a work of art Photo’s by Jack A. Atkinson A family wedding brought me back to the South of my youth, which is always a joy for me. By coincidence […]

  Choe chose to receive company stock in lieu of cash payment for his original Facebook murals. His shares are valued at approximately $200 million on the eve of Facebook’s 2012 IPO.   ART   Facebook’s Accidental Millionaire Artist   Graffiti Artist: David Choe David Choe (born 1976, Los Angeles, California) is an American painter, muralist, graffiti […]

ART “The Ballerina Project”   Photographer Dane Shitagi has, over the past ten years, taken a series of ballerina portraits using only old-fashioned-film and dark room techniques. Edgar Degas made images of the ballet famous, with his pastels and paintings of ballet dancers showing all of the grace and beauty inherent in that art form. Few […]

Albert Swinden (American, b. England, 1901–1961). Untitled, From the Williamsburg Housing Project Murals, circa 1939. Oil on canvas, 111 1/2 x 168 in. (283.2 x 426.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, On loan from the New York City Housing Authority, L1990.1.5   ART Brooklyn Museum  resurrects the lost murals of the Williamsburg Housing Project A Long-Term Installation in the Glass […]

Franz Marc, The First Animals, 1913 Courtesy of the Ronald S. Lauder Collection & Neue Galerie Image © 2012     ART NOW SHOWING  Neue Galerie NYC The Ronald S. Lauder Collection Selections from the 3rd century BC to the 20th century Germany, Austria & France. Up Through April 2, 2012 The Neue Galerie is presenting a very special exhibition […]

  Artists have painted colorful visions dancing in their heads all over the city.   ART SUPER BOWL SIZED MURALS The Arts Council of Indianapolis undertook a huge mural program to brighten-up the city for this year’s Super Bowl.  For those of us who will not attend Super Bowl LXVI, here is the host city’s urban […]

America loves a carnival atmosphere. All Photos in this article are  © Copyright Jack A. Atkinson, 2012   ART “The Real America” A photo essay which shows America at its core, The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo. Those who attend The National Western enjoy an event which has changed very little in the past 106 […]

  Charles and Ray Eames with the Eames® Lounge Chair and Ottoman. ART Mid-Century Modern Now Showing at LACMA California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way” Featuring the living room of Charles and Ray Eames. Through June 3, 2012 in the LACMA Resnick Pavilion.       Case Study House #8 In L.A. and available […]

  Explore the subject of the tree in Jewish tradition through the lens of contemporary artists. Courtesy Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco ART: 2012 A Look at this year’s Museum Exhibitions LUCIAN FREUD: PORTRAITS July 1–October 28, 2012 The Modern Museum Ft. Worth, TX Courtesy The Modern   JENNY HOLZER “Venice Installation” (in Second Antechamber) […]

David Hockney posing for Freud in his studio. Freud – Full Length Nude Self Portrait (detail)   ART: Lucian Freud (1922-2011) painted reality in the flesh   Lucian Freud, grandson of the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, passed away last year. He was considered one of England’s great artistic treasures and although collected by many conservative […]