By Jack A. Atkinson – Editor & Publisher of ARTS&FOOD® I went to a special showing – hosted by a curator – of the new Keith Haring exhibition at Crystal Bridges Museum. . Before we started the tour, we had a cocktail and were given some sratch off paper to have a go at our […]
Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART
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Artist: Lorna Simpson Lorna was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1960. She graduated from SVA with a BA and got her MFA from UC San Diego. Lorna is incredibly talented across a wide range of media, from film and photography to collage, felt work and drawing. She uses each medium to tell powerful stories about identity, […]
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The Modern Landscape: Seeing the Ordinary Anew (NOTE: Jack Atkinson is the Editor /Publisher of ARTS&FOOD® and is first and foremost an artist himself [medium: ink and brush with unique digital output shown in NYC galleries]. He creates works in other arenas like photography, culinary arts, writing, art history, music, and publishing. The reason is […]
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The Beatles: They Led the Creative Revolution of the 1960s! When the Beatles burst onto the global stage in the early 1960s, they did far more than introduce a new kind of music — they reinvented what it meant to be young, modern, and creative. From Liverpool’s smoky clubs to America’s television screens, the Beatles […]
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A photo essay serves as both a mirror and a manifesto. It is an exploration not just of what is seen, but of how seeing shapes our understanding of the photographer’s eye. In this visual narrative, each image becomes a deliberate conversation about perception, emotion, and the silent power of an image and its composition. […]
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A Great Exhibition is coming to a close this summer at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Alice Walton’s visionary art project in NW Arkansas). KAWS – the Jersey City graffiti artist, turned multi-millionaire art world Art Star, is on full display in Bentonville (one of my favorite museums in the USA.)! Because KAWS’s characters […]
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Editor’s Note: I was born and raised in Arkansas, and I am deeply rooted in my home state. Today, it has an exceptional and thriving artistic community, but when I was growing up, it had no art museum worth mentioning. In Little Rock, I once saw a small Impressionist painting and a few works […]
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In the video below, you will find an animated tour of the number one landmark in all of Australia, the world-famous Sydney Opera House. The Story Behind the Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is one of the world’s most iconic buildings, but its journey from concept to completion was anything but simple. In […]
Walk with me through a recent photography (art) show at the Park Avenue Armory, in NYC. (All photos displayed here were taken by me, with permission of each individual gallery, and the gallery knew I would publish the images. All rights are owned by the individual artists or their agents and representatives.)
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A Monumental Migration: The Real Elephant Collective in the Meatpacking District Art has long found its voice in the streets of New York, but rarely has it arrived in such an imposing, graceful herd. The latest guests to claim the cobblestone paths of the Meatpacking District are not avant-garde sculptures or pop-up installations—they are elephants, […]