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 […]
Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART
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, […]
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The Alexander Calder (Dissonant Harmony) exhibit at the SF Museum of Modern Art was being shown the day we went to the SFMoMA. Who doesn’t like Alexander Calder’s work? It never grows old, and Calder’s work is always playful and fun to be around. .
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Adam Weinberg, at an exhibition opening at the Whitney Museum, Photo by Jack Atkinson The Visionary and the Building That Changed Everything Adam Weinberg’s 20-year reign at the Whitney Museum was, in true New York fashion, nothing short of a spectacle. A performance piece that mixed old-school curatorial chops with a new-age understanding that museums […]
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Philippe de Montebello was the world-famous and amazing director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 31 years). When I was about 24, I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC for the first time. (There are 7 million works of art in The Met.) I put on my acoustic guide, […]
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Henri Matisse’s Jazz is a limited-edition art book containing prints of colorful cut-paper collages accompanied by the artist’s thoughts. It was first issued on September 30, 1947, by art publisher Tériade. The portfolio, characterized by vibrant colors, poetic texts, and circus and theater themes, marks Matisse’s transition to a new medium. Jazz by Henri Matisse comprises a set of 20 color […]
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Detail of a mural by artist Diego Rivera at the museum (Museo Anahuacalli). Unveiling this Cultural Oasis By our traveling correspondent – Crichton Atkinson Diego Rivera, a towering figure in the annals of Mexican art, was more than just a painter–he was a cultural iconoclast whose bold strokes reshaped the […]
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Isn’t art supposed to be weird? Something that the majority of people would hate at first? Many people feel that way – they want to be shocked, uncomfortable, or even upset that “THAT” could be called “ART,” and then later, they somehow appreciate it ! ? ! I am Jack A. Atkinson (artist), and 99.9 […]
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The Painting Girl with a Pearl Earring At the Frick Museum in New York City, an exhibition of fifteen paintings included the beloved Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665) by Johannes Vermeer. This exhibition continued the Frick’s tradition of presenting masterpieces from acclaimed museums not easily accessible to the New York public. Girl with a […]