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The Affordable Art Fair (fall 2012) New York – Special Issue #4 + Cajun Corn on the Cob

In the Gallery Booth of Rebecca Hossack Gallery, NY/London, As customers buy a piece of art. The Crowd at the AAF. ART Its a wrap!  Affordable Art Fair Fall 2012 NYC This is the last issue dedicated to the Affordable Art Fair, NY. We felt that it was important to give this fair a good […]

The Affordable Art Fair (fall 2012) New York – Special Issue #3 + Classic Jambalaya

AAF-NYC Director, Cristina Salmastrelli, being photographed by the art press. Read these book titles carefully! REBECCA HOSSACK Gallery, NY / London – “The Great American Navel” photographic print ART Affordable Art Fair Coverage Continues Our coverage of the AAF continues in an effort to keep the coverage on these art fairs a bit shorter by […]

The Affordable Art Fair (fall edition 2012) Special Issue #2 + Calas – A Different Kind of Louisiana Rice

Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY Artist: Don Morris – (detail) “A World of Small Heroes” Comics attached to canvas.           ART THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR AAF, Fall, NYC, October 2012 The third editon of a FALL Affordable Art Fair, New York City, successfully concluded earlier this month with visitor attendance topping 9,500 and artwork […]

FOOD: French Bread Crustini

FOOD French Bread Crustini This appetizer, or “morning, noon & night” snack, is as easy as it is wonderful. Buy some 6″ French bread loafs and slice them into 3/4″ rounds. Place some foil on a cookie sheet, spray with oil. Put the rounds onto the foil and spray the tops with oil. Sprinkle some garlic […]

The AAF Special Issue #1- Richard Kurtz’s (Basquiat like) Boxer Series + Dr. Fuhrman’s Green Longevity Drink

   ART Richard Kurtz’s Boxers If you missed the boat with Basquiat consider an original boxer painting by artist Richard Kurtz.   I came across Richard Kurtz’s “Boxer” images this past weekend in NYC (at AAF, Buenos Aires Open Art {www.HoyArteHoy.com.ar}). His crudely painted art has many of the same elements that make a Jean-Michael […]

Dino Halloween Costumes 2012

ART Shopping: Dinosaurs are Back For Halloween Costumes Ever since I visited the Sternberg Natural History Museum in Kansas I have been on a Dinosaur kick. While looking at different dino images on the web I came across these Dinosaur Holloween costumes for kids, adults & dogs!  I will have more ART in the next […]

The New England Clambake (Cooked on the Beach) – A Grand Tradition!

  ART & FOOD: Today – Traditional Beach Side New England Clambakes are Few and Far Between! (A photo essay by Jack A. Atkinson & friends) This month my family was lucky enough to attend a classic New England Clambake, organized by Forest Lowry and his cousin Dan Clark, on their private beach in Connecticut. […]

MoMA’s Century of the Child: Growing by Design Exhibition + Cajun Salsa & Eggs

  At the entrance to the exhibition is a giant table and chairs. The scale makes adults feel like small children again. The large blow-ups are photographs by Jens S. Jensen (Swedish, born 1946). Boy on the Wall, Hammarkullen, Gothenburg. 1973. Photograph of Michael (age 9). Gelatin silver print, 9 7/16 x 11 3/4″ (24 x […]

The REAL Jurassic Park: Dinosaurs at the Sternberg Museum in Kansas + Italian Olive Salad

This hanging Brachauchenius is reminiscent of the dinosaurs hanging in the lobby of the visitor’s center in “Jurassic Park”, the movie. A Tyrannosaurid (T-Rex) viewed through the trees on the 2nd floor of the museum. The museum has 3,750,000 specimens of fossils*, mostly from the Cretaceous Period. Above, many dinosaurs have long been known to run in […]

Amish Country PA – A “QUICK” out-of-the-car-window photo essay + Summer Squash Casserole

As the Summer of 2012 is ending, we are all busy trying to squeeze in everything we want to get done – even then leaving many items not crossed off the list, but saved for next summer. Personally, this is a very busy time in my life, I will post a few weeks of double […]