Photo courtesy of thescrumptiouspumpkin. FOOD A Skiers Skillet Breakfast of Potato, Onion and Egg When my wife and I first went to Aspen, Colorado one of our fondest memories was the hardy breakfasts served up at several locally owned cafes. It was a potato, onion bake + (various add-ons like sweet peppers, mushrooms, bacon or […]
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ART I <3 NY artist Milton Glaser Does Shakespeare, through “Theater Posters” (Portrait Art Posters) Theatre for a New Audience is an organization that produces adventurous Shakespearean and contemporary theatre. Its mastermind, Jeffrey Horowitz, likes the idea of also producing modern portraits of the Bard. Years ago he turned to New York’s […]
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ART Dreamlands Video Exhibition at the Whitney – Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016 focuses on the ways in which artists have dismantled and reassembled the conventions of cinema—screen, projection, darkness—to create new experiences of the moving image. The exhibition fills the Museum’s 18,000-square-foot fifth-floor galleries, and includes a film series in the third-floor theater. – […]
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ART Non-Representational Art that says so much! i.e. The Paint left over on Working Artist’s Hands! Art is often a messy business! Anyone who has ever worked at painting with brushes, pastels, or drawing with charcoal knows that much of the medium ends up on their hands. There is true beauty in these unintended artworks, and they represents the […]
FOR ARTISTS: REMAKING YOUR ARTISTIC PROCESS As artists, we are generally undisciplined people, unfortunately relying on self-discipline to make our life’s work actually happen. Here are a few pointers to read and execute if success is to be in your future! • When you say “NO” to unimportant things, you have more time for important […]
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Theo Van Rysselberghe, (Belgian, 1862-1926) “Intimacy” 1890, conté crayon, (detail) ART: Small Treasures at the Met Museum NYC David Cox, British, 1785-1859, “Sky Study of Clouds”, watercolor. Cox manipulates translucent layers of watercolor to describe these summer clouds. The dark undersides hint at rain. Eugene Carriere, (French, 1849-1906) “Women Sewing at a Table”, 1894-96. Oil […]
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Photographer Nicholas Nixon (left to right) “Self, Albuquerque” & “Self, Brookline” © Nicholas Nixon from his recent book About Forty Years. “The Brown Sisters” photo series by Nicholas Nixon: Heather, Mimi, Bebe & Laura Year 1975 left & 2013 right ART Nicholas Nixon’s Photography “The Brown Sisters” Documenting how one family of Baby Boomers has changed over the […]
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Portrait of Pompey the Great Period: Late Republican ca. 50 B.C. Roman Marble ART Antiquities: Art & Design During the Time of Alexander the Great at the Met (continued – Issue #3) (From the Met Museum of Art NYC Exhibition: Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World) The Hellenistic Age […]
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Stater of Mithridates VI Eupator (120-63 BC) ART Antiquities: Art & Design During the Time of Alexander the Great at the Met (continued – Issue #2) (From the Met Museum of Art NYC Exhibition: Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World) Terracotta statuette of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his […]
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Limestone metope with battle scene. Greek, Hellenistic period, late 3rd-mid-2nd century b.c. ART Antiquities: Art & Design during and after Alexander the Great (From the Met Museum of Art NYC Exhibition: Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World) The Hellenistic Age that followed the conquests of Alexander the Great witnessed unprecedented cultural exchange […]