Picasso’s painting titled ‘Ma Jolie’. In Barcelona, “The Picasso Museum” is a journey through Pablo Picasso’s life and his life’s work. Housed within historic restored medieval mansions in the ancient section of Barcelona, the museum’s architecture blends medieval structures with modern spaces, presenting a chronological tour of Picasso’s art. Upon entry, art patrons encounter […]
Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART
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“Miami Art Basel” is an international art fair staged annually in Miami Beach (on different dates, these fairs are also held in Basel, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and now in Paris). Art Basel collaborates with the host city’s local institutions to help grow and develop art programs. While Art Basel provides a platform for galleries to […]
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2023 was The Year of the Rabbit – creating an Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. This exhibition presents sixteen remarkable Chinese works illustrating how rabbits have been a prominent artistic subject since ancient times. Their earliest depictions are featured on jade pendants and sacred ritual bronze vessels dating from China’s Shang (ca. 1600–1048 […]
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Many people do not know that Picasso made realistic artworks, or even that he had the skills to do so. This article becomes an important art history lesson about Picasso’s background… for them. Barcelona’s Museu Picasso houses an extensive collection of artworks by the twentieth-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. He donated a total of 4251 […]
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“No, I wasn’t trying to be streamlined or futuristic,” architect Charles Deaton said, explaining the evolution of his Sculptured House in Genesee. “I was going to do a piece of sculpture for its own sake. It became long and low and flat because of the internal planning, and also to be part of the mesa. […]
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Vincent Van Gogh (given name Vincent Willem van Gogh) Dutch painter (1853–1890) He was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who also worked in France and is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of […]
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Poster for The Art Show in NYC Nov. 2-5, 2023 – Art Dealers Association of America – (art credit to come.) In the realm of art, the upcoming season promises an exhilarating convergence of creativity and history. Prepare to be enthralled by the enchanting rendezvous between two giants of the art world, Manet and Degas, […]
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(Photo: Taken at The Met Museum, by AgnosticPreachersKid via Wikimedia Commons) Artist Edgar Degas Degas and Impressionism: Edgar Degas was indeed associated with the Impressionist movement in the 1870s and 1880s. While he shared some techniques with other Impressionist painters, such as quick brushstrokes and the use of vivid color, he also had distinct characteristics in […]
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The Dada drawing that was a “light switch” for Ed Ruscha “UNTITLED – BEETLES” by artist Johannes Baargeld, c.1920 In art school Ed Ruscha was struck by an unusual drawing by Dada artist Johannes Theodor Baargeld that he developed a “mystical connection” to. He made a cold call to MoMA to see if he could […]
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Title: Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh’s Cypresses is the first exhibition to focus on the trees—among the most famous in the history of art—immortalized in signature images by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Such iconic pictures as The Starry Night (in this exhibition) take their place as the centerpiece in a presentation that affords […]