Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART

LANDSCAPE WITH CLAY PIPE (1941) by Stewart Davis, Oil on Canvas. This painting is a variation of the Radio City Music Hall mural. “Stuart Davis: In Full Swing”  Artist Stuart Davis (1892 – 1964), was an early American modernist painter who spent time living in Paris as well as in New York City. He is remembered for his […]

Michelangelo, Divine Draftsman and Designer Exhuibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – NYC Listen to the Met’s commentary AUDIO AUDIOGUIDE used at the Met exhibition: Michelangelo, Divine Draftsman and Designer (click on each track to listen –  play in the browser.) Images and captions from the Met exhibition: Michelangelo, Divine Draftsman and Designer Exhibitions. =========== […]

Stephen A. Davids (SAD), The Art Movement, London UK  ART The AAF NY The Affordable Art Fair  is here again for its  NYC Fall 2017 Exhibition It’s September, bring on the Fall ARTS Season! First add a new pleasure to your home by investing in “affordable art” from the Affordable Art Fair’s NYC Fall 2017 edition.  […]

Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, “Bus Stops in Armenia, 1997-2011   ART On otherwise desolate Armenian Landscapes, other-worldly bus stop designs brighten up life. Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, “Bus Stops in Armenia, 1997-2011, gelatin silver prints, galleryluisoti   Photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, “Bus Stops in Armenia, 1997-2011, gelatin silver prints, galleryluisoti Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, “Bus Stops in Armenia, 1997-2011, gelatin […]

ART Art from Frieze 2017 NYC (Editor’s Note)  As I entered the tent this year – an announcement came over the speakers that the event was closing early as a safety precaution due to high winds and rain.  I ran through the event as fast as I could capturing images left and right as I power walked […]

ART Andy Warhol and his love for the Campbell’s Soup Cans   Andy Warhol became famous after he focused his pop artworks on the commercial world of retail packaging, advertising and America’s love of celebrities. Some of his most iconic works are based on the Campbell’s soup can.             (Source: […]

Meg Hitchcock: Credo – The Nicene Creed, 2015, Letters cut from the “Upanishads”. (Ancient Sanskrit texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts and ideas of Hinduism, some of which are shared with Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.) ART Meg Hitchcock  Pretext Reading Series At Studio10 Gallery Meg Hitchcock’s medium is typography – the words, […]

The first and last thing you see, the flowers at the front of the Museum, in the Grand Hall. ART A Sunday Stroll Through The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px […]

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(PHOTO) William Eggleston, Untitled, c. 1983-1986, Pigment print, 45 x 64 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches edition of 1 of 2, 2AP Signed in ink and numbered David Zwirner Gallery, New York London / davidzwirner.com ART William Eggleston A man of few words, explores democratic color photography (The mundane life surrounding us is filled with beauty […]