ART The Independent Art Fair NYC 2016 The Independent Art Fair NYC 2016 was made up of over 40 international galleries and non-profit art institutions. A list of the participating galleries is at the end of this article. The Independent Art Fair 2016 was held on 4 levels at Spring Studios / 50 Varick […]
Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART
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ART BECCA LOWRY High Art can begin at Home Depot! Art, Painting, Sculpture, Craft and Psychology Unite in Artist Becca Lowry’s Constructions By Jack A. Atkinson Artist Becca Lowry, (left) with Gallerist Kate Katin at Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, Art Fair Booth A 12, VOLTA NY 2016. While strolling through the many Art Fairs of NY during […]
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ART NYC’s Armory Art Week 2016 Listed below is an overview of the art fair options for what has come to be known in NYC as ARMORY ART WEEK. It may be the “biggest” weekend of the year for visual art internationally! People fly into NYC from all over the world to exhibit, view and invest in […]
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Jackals & Hounds – Game of the Ancient Pharaohs. ART: Met Museum’s Ancient Egypt: The Middle Kingdom – Objects of Daily Life and Ceremony (Issue 2 of 2) During the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (mid-Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, around 2030–1650 B.C.), artistic, cultural, religious, and political traditions first conceived and instituted during the Old Kingdom were […]
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Flail of Hapiankhtifi ART: Met Museum’s Ancient Egypt: The Middle Kingdom – Objects of Daily Life and Ceremony (Issue 1 of 2) from a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art During the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (mid-Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, around 2030–1650 B.C.), artistic, cultural, religious, and political traditions first conceived and instituted during […]
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Artist Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles with their “Other Nefertiti” now placed in the permanent collection of the American University of Cairo. ART 100 YEARS LATER QUEEN NEFERTITI RETURNS TO EGYPT (As a perfect reproduction.)German-Iraqi artist Nora Al-Badri and German artist Jan Nikolai Nelles entered the Neues Museum in Berlin and clandestinely 3-D scanned the bust of Queen Nefertiti. […]
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Colossal statues became much more common during ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. Notice the realism of this ear detail. Throughout the history of the world, invading forces and political/ruling/dictatorial leaders of later years have had former rulers and their tombs, plus their temples of worship destroyed. All periods of ancient Egypt suffered this fate. Above, […]
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“Holding Hands” – representing Love and Family in The Middle KIngdom ART Ancient Egypt The Middle Kingdom Representations of Women, Family + Male & Female Jewelry from a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art During the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (mid-Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, around 2030–1650 B.C.), artistic, cultural, religious, and […]
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A detailed, close-up look at John Singer Sargent’s drawing style, at the Met Museum NYC Most visitors to the museum pass through this hallway quickly, but the museum dedicates this space to showing small works from their collection. It’s a treasure trove of changing art, showing the techniques and insights behind many of the great […]
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The Met Museum’s Grand Entry Hall (NYC) Picasso’s “Woman in White”, as it appears hanging on the gallery wall of the Met Museum. The Met Museum’s descriptive wall plaque. ART: Closely Looking At… “Woman in White” Painted in 1923 by Pablo Picasso Editor’s Note: As a Christmas / Holiday Present for all who love art and […]