At “The Other Art Fair” last spring in Brooklyn, NY, we discovered the work of Isabella Di Sclafani. Born and raised in Montreal where she still lives and works full-time as a painter. Di Sclafadni is inspired by just about anything: sunsets, TV shows, movie trailers, magazines, food packaging, other people, bus rides, etc. I mostly paint portraits, […]
Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART
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NSFW EDITOR’S NOTE: this article includes photos of man-made NUDE SCULPTURES from the most visited museum in NYC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (This exhibition at the Met Breuer on Madison Ave. location.) This exhibition features classical, modern and contemporary nude sculptures. People nonchalantly walk past these types of man-made sculptural objects every day of the year in […]
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Summer Produce (A Photo Essay) Going to shop for fresh produce from a local Farmer’s Market is one of today’s most enjoyable routine tasks. The produce is usually very local, with that just-picked-freshness! Below our editor & publisher has created a photo essay, showing the beauty of a simple farmers market. by Jack A. Atkinson […]
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(Photo by William Eggleston: Title: Memphis, c. 1965, Dye-Transfer print, made 2002) Editor’s Note: Collector Jade Lau has gifted this fabulous collection of William Eggleston dye-transfer prints to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This spring (2018) they gladly honored Lau’s gift with a special exhibition of the prints. The photos shown here are copies taken […]
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Photo used in editorial support for the book “Before the Fall” published by Prestel. (See Amazon.com book availability at the end of this article.) BEFORE THE FALL, German and Austrian Art of the 1930s an Exhibition at Neue Gallerie, NYC The reason the artworks in this article are tiny and impossible to see thumbprints, leaving […]
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By Anna Addoms I first discovered Kathryn Petroff and her work through a networking group on Facebook. She shared an image of a piece that was recently completed for her upcoming show at Valkarie Gallery in Denver, CO. The painting is titled, “Wrote You A Song” and depicts an old-style gramophone blowing bubbles. The colors […]
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The Van Gogh Museum is an art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The museum’s collection is the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings and drawings in the world. The museum opened […]
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The mega-international-art-fair “The Armory Show” returned to its sprawling location on the West Side piers this year, creating its own designated week in New York City called Armory Arts Week. Many satellite art fairs and special gallery exhibitions and museum shows revolve around the throngs of art lovers and collectors The Armory Show attracts. For 2018 the Armory […]
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In a wonderful collaboration between photographer Sandro Miller and actor John Malkovich the team has created a “Homage to Photographic Masters”. In 2013 photographer Sandro Miller decided to do a project honoring the men and women who had influenced his photographic career. After selection thirty-five images to emulate, Sandro contacted actor John Malkovich, who agreed to […]
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Currently at The Denver Art Museum is Degas: A Passion for Perfection, an exhibition showcasing prolific French artist Edgar Degas’ works from 1855 to 1906. The exhibition is presented and organized in association with the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, whose Degas holdings represent the most extensive in the U K. The Denver venue includes […]