Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART

George Washington’s Life Mask (cast) at the Morgan Library NYC + FOOD: Creamy Seafood Salad

Engraved portrait of the first U.S. President,George Washington. ART: George Washington’s Life-Mask (cast) at the Morgan Library NYC In portraiture a likeness is always the big question mark. Generally people don’t even like photographs of themselves, much less artistic interpretation, filtered through the eyes and hands of a human. Most people visiting The Morgan Library […]

Gargoyles of Notre Dame + FOOD: Potato Soup

A Parisian Post Card showing: a Gargoyle atop Notre Dame; and the Eiffel Tower. ART Gargoyles of Notre Dame   There are few sculptures in western art history that are as intriguing as the Gargoyles that peer out from Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, located on an island in the middle of the River Seine. The purpose of Gargoyles […]

AIPAD 2015 NYC’s Best Fine Art Photography Art Fair

  ART: AIPAD 2015  New York City’s Best Fine Art Photography Art Fair (Lagniappe Issue)   It’s hot outside and everyone is on one last August vacation, so we thought as a treat we would give you one extra look at AIPAD 2015. These great photos were overlooked on the first edit, but deserve to be […]

AIPAD 2015 New York City’s Best Fine Art Photography Fair (Issue #3) + FOOD – Cold Watermelon Juice

The crowd at AIPAD 2015 ART AIPAD 2015  New York City’s Best Fine Art Photography Art Fair (issue #3)   ARTSnFOOD’s final issue covering the 35th annual AIPAD Photography Show New York, held at the Park Avenue Armory during April of 2015. Collaboration between photographer Sandro Miller and actor John Malkovich, “Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich- Homage […]

AIPAD 2015 New York City’s Best Fine Art Photography Fair (issue #2)

35th annual AIPAD Photography Show   ART AIPAD 2015  New York City’s Best Fine Art Photography Art Fair (issue #2)   ARTSnFOOD’s continued coverage of the 35th annual AIPAD Photography Show New York, held at the Park Avenue Armory during April of this year, 2015. Andre De Dienes, “Marilyn Monroe (Breakfast n Bed), 1953” Gelatin […]

AIPAD 2015, New York City’s Best Fine Art Photography Fair (#1)

Eamonn Doyle, “i” Series English Street Scenes Edition of 8, pigment prints Michael Hoppen Gallery ART AIPAD 2015  New York City’s Best Fine Art Photography Art Fair (issue #1) The 35th annual AIPAD Photography Show New York, held at the Park Avenue Armory, back in April, 2015, drew rave reviews, with attendance up over 12,000 […]

Cherry Creek Arts Festival / Denver 2015 Part 3 + Pompano en Papillote for a fancy dinner party.

“It was a party, and they were all super excited to be there.” The title of this artwork sums up the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, 2015. Kina Crow – Artist Mixed Media   ART Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO Artists & Artisans 2015 – Part 3 This issue is the last in our series on the […]

Cherry Creek Arts Festival / Denver 2015 Part 2 + Blue Margaritas!

Jef Raasch – ArtistMedium – Ceramics   ART Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO Artists & Artisans 2015 – Part 2 The outdoor Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, CO is a world‐class celebration of the visual, culinary and performing arts, with a usual attendance of 350,000 visitors over the three‐day 4th of July weekend. The Cherry […]

The Goldfinch, a Painting by Carel Fabritius & A Novel about the Painting

Carel Fabritius (1622-1654) The Goldfinch, 1654 Oil on panel 13 ¼ x 9 in. (33.5 x 22.8 cm)(Image courtesy of The Frick Museum Press Department and the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in the Hague) The Goldfinch Painting by Carel Fabritius Oil on Panel (1654) & The Inspiration for the novel The Goldfinch The Frick Collection was the final […]

Closely Looking at Rubens’ “Daniel in the Lions’ Den” + A Curly Endive, Roquefort Crumble & Crisp Warm Bacon Bits SALAD

“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) ART: Peter Paul Rubens Closely looking at the painting “Daniel in the Lions’ Den” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. From time to time it […]