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America loves a carnival atmosphere. All Photos in this article are  © Copyright Jack A. Atkinson, 2012   ART “The Real America” A photo essay which shows America at its core, The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo. Those who attend The National Western enjoy an event which has changed very little in the past 106 […]

  Charles and Ray Eames with the Eames® Lounge Chair and Ottoman. ART Mid-Century Modern Now Showing at LACMA California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way” Featuring the living room of Charles and Ray Eames. Through June 3, 2012 in the LACMA Resnick Pavilion.       Case Study House #8 In L.A. and available […]

  Explore the subject of the tree in Jewish tradition through the lens of contemporary artists. Courtesy Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco ART: 2012 A Look at this year’s Museum Exhibitions LUCIAN FREUD: PORTRAITS July 1–October 28, 2012 The Modern Museum Ft. Worth, TX Courtesy The Modern   JENNY HOLZER “Venice Installation” (in Second Antechamber) […]

David Hockney posing for Freud in his studio. Freud – Full Length Nude Self Portrait (detail)   ART: Lucian Freud (1922-2011) painted reality in the flesh   Lucian Freud, grandson of the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, passed away last year. He was considered one of England’s great artistic treasures and although collected by many conservative […]

ART: “de Kooning, a Retrospective” at MoMA, NYC (Closing January 9, 2012) Dutch American Abstract Expressionist Artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) He was a part of the group of artists who came to be known as the New York School. Other members of this group included Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell, Philip Guston and Clyfford Still.   “In […]

“The Wilton Diptych” (right panel) c.1395 Christmas 2011 Artworks with Christian themes have dominated “Western Art” for most of the past 2000 years. www.ARTSnFOOD.blogspot.com is read by art lovers of every faith, around the world. I offer this special exhibition depicting two of the most popular subjects in all of “Western Art History”: “The Nativity” and “Madonna & […]

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  Tom Otterness – ‘Mama Bear’ – at The Whitney ART Museum Websites  Make for Unique Holiday Shopping  If you are looking for something different,the Museum Gift Shops could be your best option!   Craig Damrauer – “Linen Tea Towel”  at The New Museum Shop Craig Damrauer (b. in Denver, Colorado) is a graduated with an MFA from […]

ART THE NEW  CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM  A GREAT MUSEUM, FOCUSED ON  AMERICAN ART, OPENS!   18th Century: Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stewart (detail 1797)  Mid 19th Century: Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait  “The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix” (1856) Mid to Late 19th Century: Winslow Homer “Spring” (1878) Mid -Late 20th Century: Louise Nevelson’s painted […]

Wheat Fields  |  ca. 1670  |  Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch)  |  Oil on canvas     ART CLOUDS Keith Christiansen, Chairman of European Paintings at Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), loves to lay back and look at clouds. He also has really looked at how clouds are depicted in paintings at the museum.   Keith Christiansen Wheat Field […]