Twisted, offensive, yet still funny rejects from the wastebasket of The New Yorker’s cartoon editor. BOOK – “The Rejection Collection” is a series by Workman Press – Every year thousands of cartoons are rejected by The New Yorker magazine and are sent back to the artists only to languish in their files. WARNING: If you are […]
Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART
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Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1834) Eugène Delacroix is simply in the AIR these days – his work is being talked about everywhere. He’s the “IT” man of art history currently. We will take a deep look into the genius behind his work and the current Met exhibitions featuring his paintings, drawings, and writings. French […]
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Sep
“Thelma and Louise”, two youthful ladies (aka: Mary Claire and Kay) took a week long road trip from Houston, Texas to San Diego, California. Mary Claire made a photo essay using her iPhone’s camera… covering this once in a lifetime, 5 DAYS filled with sights, wine, adventures and experiences worth remembering. WINERIES IN THE PLAINS […]
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Sep
Édouard Manet’s controversial painting “The Luncheon on the Grass”, 1863 shows a 19th-century picnic in the woods, where a nude female sits in mixed company with two upper-class and fully clothed men, as another woman finishes her bath in the distance. All are so comfortable in the situation and act as if nothing unusual is happening. […]
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Sep
Sep
The Broad Art Museum’s exterior is an unusual lattice-like facade that floats around the outside walls of a rectangular building. The Broad Museum on Grand Ave. (downtown) is a contemporary art museum founded by philanthropists Eli Broad and his wife Edythe, to exhibit their personal collection of modern (post-war) and contemporary art. The very unusual […]
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Sep
Sep
Njideka Akunyili Crosby with her diptych painting “Garden, Thriving”, 2016. Photograph: Photo by Graeme Robertson taken for the Guardian. Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a Nigerian born artist living in Los Angeles. The painting below, “Garden, Thriving” is in the permanent collection of the LA MOCA Grand Avenue, in downtown Los Angeles, CA. The left […]
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Sep
Sep
“Rene François Ghislain Margritte, The Fifth Season” At the Museum of Modern Art San Francisco René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating witty and thought-provoking images, often depicting ordinary objects shown in unusual contexts. His work is known for challenging observers’ preconditioned perceptions of reality. Surrealism was […]
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Sep
Sep
Museum Quality Art For Your Walls! The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art now has a Custom Print on Demand Wall Art Service! Have you ever wanted true museum quality art on your walls? The traditional museum posters have always been printed in fugitive offset printing inks that fade over time leaving your framed […]
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Jul
Jul
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House – Relocated and Reconstructed as an Architectural Exhibit on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR. Alice Walton, the founder and creative force behind Crystal Bridges Museum, has purchased and moved Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House (c.1954), originally located in Somerset County, N.J., to a plot […]
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Edward Joseph Ruscha IV (pronouned roo-SHAY) born December 16, 1937, is an American artist associated with the pop art movement in California. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. Ruscha lives and works in Culver City, California. Ruscha, originally from Oklahoma, studied art in Los Angeles at the Chouinard Art Institute from 1956 […]