(From now through Jan. 2025, there is a retrospective of Sendak’s life and work at The Denver Art Museum.) A Day in the Life of an Artist – by Jack Atkinson While writing my thesis for my Master’s Degree, I went to interview Maurice Sendak at his home in Connecticut. A friend said […]
Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART
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HIGH-END ART FAIRS are basically conventions for the art world, where galleries set up booths to display a selection of the art in their gallery and to meet new collectors. Sometimes prices are shown, sometimes not. When I ask the price the answer is often cryptic… “1.3”? Is that thousands or millions? I guess, if […]
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Oldest photos & old portraits of famous people.
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“Daniel in the Lions’ Den” by Peter Paul Rubens (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. – Flemish c.1613-1615, Oil on Canvas, 7 feet 4 1/4 inches by 10 feet 10 inches) An ARTWORK by Peter Paul Rubens In this article ARTSandFOOD® is closely looking at the painting “Daniel in the Lions’ Den” in the collection of […]
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One of Joan Miro’s main wishes was to free Western art from the mimetic depiction of reality and to restore to it the sacred character it had had at the dawn of civilization. This left him to eliminate from his work pictorial devices such as scale, perspective, and chiaroscuro and instead to give drawing a […]
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The Yellow House – Vincent rented the upstairs bedrooms of this corner house with green shutters. VINCENT VAN GOGH had a magnetic attraction to the landscapes, people, and buildings in Arles and nearby St. Rémy, France. The pastoral beauty of the landscapes in the south of France, along its famous quality of light and […]
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Welcome to a lesser-known, yet profoundly innovative, facet of Pablo Picasso’s artistic genius – his pottery. Beyond his renowned contributions in the realm of painting and sculpture, Picasso’s artworks in pottery represent his admiration of this ancient Spanish craft. Picasso’s foray into pottery commenced during his time in Vallauris, France, in the late 1940s. Inspired […]
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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 […]
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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 […]