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Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective of Portraits at the NYC Guggenheim + Perfect, Classic Shrimp Cocktail

© Rineke Dijkstra ART Rineke Dijkstra’s Portraits show the subtle magnetism of average people. © Rineke Dijkstra   © Rineke Dijkstra © Rineke Dijkstra     “Self Portrait, Marnixbad, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 19, 1991.”Chromogenic print, 35 x 28 cm. © Rineke Dijkstra – Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris. Rineke Dijkstra is a talented […]

Farmer’s Market – a photo essay + Remy’s Ratatouille, the meal in the movie

        ART Farmer’s Market A Photo Essay As the summer of 2012 comes to a close, one of the great assets of summer will also end soon – the Farmer’s Market. It is such a pleasure to buy fresh produce from these local growers, who sell their products directly to us. These […]

Is Drawing Still Relevant? Ink & Brush Drawings at Beacons Art Space + Delano Peach Delight

Dragonfly – Ink & Brush Drawing by Jack A. Atkinson ART   Drawing Although drawing has been the beginning for all art processes from Cave Painting until the 20th Century, it is a skill seldom shown in galleries today. With the onset of “Modernism”: abstraction, automatic writing, distortion, non-objective art, found objects, installations, performance art […]

MARVIN HAMLISCH – Music Man for a Generation 1944 – 2012

Photo courtesy of Marvin Hamlish Official Website “I have to keep reminding myself that ‘A Chorus Line’ was initially considered weird and off the wall,” … “You mustn’t underestimate an audience’s intelligence.” -Marvin Hamlisch One of America’s most talented musical artists, left us suddenly this past week. Marvin Hamlisch was also one of only two people […]

London Summer Olympic Games 2012 + Homemade Noodles in Broth

ART The Summer Olympic Games, London 2012 Exciting! (PS: The logo forms the numerals 2012.) England issues their Official Olympic Royal Mail Stamps   Visual art is hard to find at these London, Summer Olympic Games: stamps, the logo, the color light show on the exterior of the stadium, the Anish Kapoor Tower and the […]

A Day at the Beach on Florida’s Gulf Coast! + Oysters: Fried, Stewed or Nude

ART A Day at the Beach A Photo Essay  It’s Summertime and we’re ready for a beach day in Florida! by Jack A. Atkinson INLAND   DINNER & A SOUVENIR (Source: All photos are © Copyright 2012 Jack A. Atkinson) FOOD Wintzell’s Oyster House www.WintzellsOysterHouse.com A gulf coast tradition since 1938. …and their “Happy Hour Price” for a […]

Little Green Men & Women – WALK Lights Around the World + Summer Fizz Cocktail

Andorra – Above is the beautiful design of the WALK lights in The Principality of Andorra, a microstate in Southwestern Europe bordered by Spain and France. ART “WALK” lights  as Street Art! Pictured are some interesting “WALK” lights from various cities around the world. Enjoy these different icons, which all graphically say: “CROSS NOW!” Antwerp, Belgium – […]

Artists Across America 2012 – The Cherry Creek Arts Festival + Eggplant & Tomato Casserole

ART Art Across America 2012 A survey of Art from The Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO For three-days in early July, the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, Colorado is a world renowned art happening. It is ranked as the “Number One Fine Arts / Fine Crafts Festival” in the United States. Below, and […]

More Artists Across N. America 2012 -The Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, Colorado + New Versions of Rice Crispy Treats

Tanaya Doskova, Vancouver, BC – Painting ART Across N. America from the  Cherry Creek Arts Festival Denver, CO, 2012   Michael Kuseske, Royal Palm Beach, FL – Painting Penelope Osio-Brown, Elmhurst, IL – Painting Ray Lapsys, Wheeling, IL – Etched glass St. Victor – Painting / Digital St. Victor – Painting / Digital Scott Gamble  Cummings, […]

CUE Art Foundation MFA Summer Show + Mother’s Tomato Salad

Opening night at CUE ART CUE Art Foundation Has a Rowdy MFA Crowd at their Summer Opening The Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipients: CUE Art Foundation is currently hosting the tenth annual Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Award exhibition. The exhibition artworks are all pictured below. Daniel Jackson, Rocket Pops – Oil on panel. 31.5″ x 33.25″ […]