Portrait of Frida Kahlo, 1926 (detail) ART Frida Kahlo at the New York Botanical Gardens This exhibition, at the New York Botanical Gardens, is the first solo presentation of artist Frida Kahlo’s work in New York City in more than 10 years, “FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life”, focuses on the artist’s engagement with nature in […]
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May
ART The Met Museum: An Exhibition on Chinese Influence in Fashion The Costume Institute’s spring 2015 exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through August 16, 2015. The Costume Institute and the Department of Asian Art, have juxtaposed high fashion with Chinese costumes, paintings, porcelains, and other art, including films, […]
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Artist Matthew LaPenta’s “Emoji” sculpture, Axiom Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA ART Affordable Art Fair Spring 2015, NYC Issue #3 The Affordable Art Fair’s mission is to promote emerging artists and to make excellent contemporary artworks affordable and accessible to all. John Kenny, “Shiva Arti”, Fuji Cristal Archival C-print, ed of 12, 36″ x 24″, Capital […]
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{ART ZOMBIES – 21st Century Art} Artist: Brett-Murray’s “Somnambulance” series, 2014 Metal, paint, gold leaf – each 6 feet +/- tall (art courtesy of goodman-gallery.com) ART What is 21st Century Art? Who are the top artists now and why? What is the name of the current era in art history? So far in 21st […]
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Honoré de Balzac: Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) “Eugénie Grandet” Autograph manuscript and corrected galley proofs signed, 1833 ART Handwritten Manuscripts at the Morgan Library, NYC Recently ARTSnFOOD dropped by the Morgan Library in NYC. Some of the most interesting aspects in the library’s collection are their various original manuscripts. These direct connections to great minds are […]
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Nelson De La Nuez- The King of Pop Art®, “Shoe Diva” Bruce Lurie Gallery, L.A., CA ART Affordable Art Fair Spring 2015, NYC Issue #2 Affordable Art Fair’s mission is to promote emerging artists and make contemporary artwork affordable and accessible to all. Alain Kurylo, “Empreinte”, bronze, ed. of 12, Carina Haslam Art […]
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Jane Perkins, “Young Queen”, found objects collage ART Affordable Art Fair Spring 2015, NYC Issue #1 Affordable Art Fair’s mission is to promote emerging artists and make contemporary artwork affordable and accessible to all. The AAF believes that art fairs are the true heart of the art world, as they are the only place where galleries, […]
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Apr
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A cat with a “Nicolas Cage Face Swap” (using Photoshop), the latest in visual puns! ART Going Viral Nicolas Cage is Famously Popular in Photoshop Face Swaps! For some reason, Nicolas Cage’s face has become photoshopped onto all living creatures, great and small. In the world of “Photoshop Face Swaps”, Nicolas Cage seems to be every […]
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The world-renowned landscape print “Under the Wave off Kanagawa” — also known as the “Great Wave”— by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), is currently on view at the Met Museum in NYC. “Great Wave’ image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The “Great Wave” belongs to a series of Hokusai prints titled: “Thirty-six Views […]
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The Los Angeles-based painter, Amir Nikravan, fuses the logic of painting, photography, and sculpture onto one deceptively flat plane. Using negative space he creates a positive, colorized, representation of an object. His photorealistic 2-D ‘still life’ paintings looking like the original 3-D object. ART The Armory Show Part V (FINALE) New York 2015 Art representing: “This […]