Special Steven Jobs Tribute Issue. Coverage of the New Art Season in NYC will continue next week. The Apple I computer, where it all started. DESIGN: Our world and tech tools would not be so well designed if not for Steven Jobs! Steven Jobs with the Apple II computer. Steve Jobs, who died […]
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Richard Serra’s “Cycle” 2010 © Richard Serra. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery. ART FALL SEASON, 2011 GAGOSIAN GALLERY NOW SHOWING: Richard Serra: “Junction” & “Cycle” Gagosian Gallery, Chelsea – 24th St. NYC Jenny Saville: “Continuum” Gagosian Gallery, Uptown Madison Ave. NYC “Bob Dylan: The Asia Series” Gagosian Gallery, Uptown Madison Ave. NYC Gagosian Gallery is one of […]
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“Roseland Ballroom” is a single photo which looks like a collage or multiple exposure. Newman’s colorful night photo of Times Square “neon” in New York City. Marvin took a series of photos, titled “Shadows”, as a young artist on the streets of Chicago in 1951. Newman broke new ground with color photos in the […]
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SANFORD BIGGERS’ postmodern explorations of racial identity evade classification and are often quite funny. ART COMING SOON Sanford Biggers at the Brooklyn Museum NOW SHOWING Sanford Biggers at the SculptureCenter in Long Island City Artist Sanford Biggers has a large-scale installation of his new work Cosmic Voodoo Circus at the SculptureCenter, in Long Island City (September 10-November 28) and a 13-piece […]
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We are postponing our coverage of the new fall season in deference to the ten year anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. “Tribute in Light” commemorates the 9/11 attacks with a reminder of the towers that used to be. The lights shine into the sky and infinity. Photograph courtesy of Alina Oswald Photography, copyright 2010. […]
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In my camera – a picture at the Metropolitan Museum. ART End of Summer = End of Year = BEGINNING OF THE NEW ART SEASON! Summer is ending and in the US, summertime is when we give ourselves permission to relax, do things out-of-doors and actually stop thinking about work for a week or two. […]
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ART Doing Art on a Small Scale Miniatures have always had a warm spot in collector’s hearts, because one must get very intimate and up-close to see the details of the craftsmanship. Any artist who can create a work, which most talented artists make on a human scale, but they do on a “micro” […]
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“The Modern” Art Museum of Fort Worth (above) was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. It has five flat-roofed glass pavilions magically rising out of a beautiful reflecting pool. All of Fort Worth’s Art Museums were designed by world renowned architects: the Kimbell Art Museum was designed by Louis I. Kahn with an annex […]
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ART If Gold and Jewels are the Medium – What is the Message? With the value of gold soaring towards $2000 an ounce, I thought it was a good time to feature art made of precious materials. When I was in undergraduate school, one of my Art History professors said something nonchalantly that stuck […]
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ART: FASHION at the MET Alexander McQueen was the greatest fashion designer of his generation, admired by his peers for technical detail and idolized by students of design for his fearless risk-taking. “Lee” McQueen, as his friends called him, committed suicide last year at the age of 40. He once said, “People don’t want to see clothes. […]