Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART

At The BASS Museum in North Beach, Enjoy “Ferngully” by The Haas Brothers!

monster chair in Art Blog

Currently Showing at THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART • MIAMI NORTH BEACH The Haas Brothers “Ferngully” DEC 5,2018 THROUGH APR 21,2019   The Haas Brothers, twins Nikolai and Simon Haas, are artists/designers/creative producers based in Los Angeles. Their works of art and objects are situated between the contexts of art and design, frequently departing from […]

“Surrounded Islands” Christo’s Art Installation Turned Miami’s Economy Around in the Early 1980s

Pink Island Installation

 “Surrounded Islands” Christo’s Project – Biscayne Bay c.1983 (For the Miami Perez Art Museum’s 35th Anniversary Exhibition, they created a wonderful and extensive show of all aspects of Christo’s Surrounded Islands project in Biscayne Bay, c.1983. This article is a result of visiting that exhibition on the day of their 35th-anniversary celebration. All photos were […]

Artists Gallery -Featured Artist’s for Jan/Feb

Artists Gallery – Featured Artist’s Exhibitions for January / February 2019 CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE LINK TO VIEW THE SOLO EXHIBITION FOR EACH ARTIST In alphabetical order by the artist’s last names: JACK ATKINSON Click: https://wp.me/p9mfBG-5bg ———————————– SHARON DUFFIELD Click: https://wp.me/p9mfBG-57t ———————————– HOWARD HARRIS Click:  https://wp.me/p9mfBG-56R  ———————————– YASUHIDE KAGII Click: https://wp.me/p9mfBG-58e ———————————– MARTIN LAMBUTH Click: […]

Now at The Whitney: Andy Warhol from A to B and back again.

Andy Warhol is considered the most important artist of the last half of the 20th Century. I will allow you to peruse a selection of artworks from The Whitney Museum of American Art’s massive exhibition, to allow you to decide WHY Warhol is currently considered at the very top of the Art World! See if […]

Murray Tinkelman: Knowledge can never be taken away from you!

Murray Tinkelman’s ultimate “signature style” was comprised of freehand crosshatching, of pen and ink lines, as illustrated in the fantasy artwork above!   Murray Tinkelman was an exceptional illustrator, educator and friend to many artists! “Knowledge can never be taken away from you.” (Editor’s Note) Murray Tinkelman (born February 4, 1933 / passed away January 20, 2016) […]

Delacroix Exhibition Continues at the Met 5th Ave. NYC

Delacroix Exhibiton: An exploration of the talent, continued. After seeing these artworks, click back over to our original article – the link to the preceding Delacroix story currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is: https://artsandfood.com/2018/10/nyc-current-exhibitions-at-the-met-5th-ave.html/ This time we are just quietly walking through the exhibit looking at the art, and letting it tell us Delacroix’s […]

Featured Artist: Jack Atkinson – ARTS&FOOD Gallery Exhibition

Jack Atkinson is an artist and designer by night and an art reporter and arts editor by day. Using Sumi brush & ink as a starting point, he often transitions into large-scale works on canvas or paper.  As an editor, he spends major amounts time in museum exhibitions, art galleries, and at international art fairs. Being in […]

Hilma af Klint, Painting for the Future – Now at the Guggenheim NYC

Now up at the Guggenheim, NYC A command that Hilma af Klint followed: “To obey intuition and not fully understand the art.” Isn’t that, for better or worse, what all artists do?     For an interesting history of the Guggenheim Museum and Foundation which ran in our last issue (NOV. DEC. 2018) use this link: https://artsandfood.com/2018/10/nyc-the-guggenheim-museum-by-frank-lloyd-wright.html/ (Source: […]

Sharon Duffield- Featured Artist: Solo Show

Lonely White Tree

Sharon Duffield is a photographer living in Maine.  She lived in Colorado for 40 years, but growing up on the East Coast brought her back to her roots. She has delved into the world of photography for many years and continue to evolve as an explorer, adventurer, and wanderer.  Many times she hops in her […]

Alina Oswald-Featured Artist: Solo Exhibition

Alina Oswald is a writer, photographer and photo educator living in the New York City area. She is the author of Journeys Through Darkness: A Biography that tells the story of award-winning, legally blind photographer Kurt Weston. Alina Oswald has spent much of her career covering HIV and AIDS, as well as the LGBTQ+ community, […]