Month: November 2016
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Some wise suggestions for artists from Neil Gaiman’s 2012 address to the University of the Arts
For those who are dismayed, as I am, at the recent turn of events, and the likely devastating effect it will have on the state of the arts here in the U.S. (see my before the fact storm warning to that effect), I offer some insightful suggestions about art in the face of adversity from…
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Eye Candy for Today: Bosch’s vision of Hell
Hell (Right panel of tryptich, The Garden of Earthly Delights); Hieronymus Bosch Link is to downloadable file on Wikipedia, which also has a page devoted to the entire work. Original is in the Museo del Prado, but they don’t offer a high resolution version on their site. There is a high-resolution file of the entire…
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Eye Candy for Today: Cecilia Beaux portrait of Ernesta
Ernesta, Cecilia Beaux In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Use the download or zoom links below the image on their site. This beautiful and sensitive portrait by the extraordinary American painter Cecilia Beaux is of her niece, Ernesta Drinker. Ernesta was one of Beaux’s favorite subjects, and she painted her numerous…
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Vote like the future of the arts in the US depends on it.
I know those of you in the U.S. are more than weary of this election cycle — and I’m certainly with you on that — but this is too important for me not to say my piece. I’ll leave it to others to tell you how vital this election is in the general sense, and…
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Vladimir Kush (update)
Vladimir Kush is a Russian painter now living in the US, who I first wrote about in 2007. Kush paints in a style derived from Surrealism, but that might more correctly be thought of as Magic Realism. Since my last post, his website has been expanded with additional work, but it has also become more…
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Eye Candy for Today: Carel Fabritius The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch, Carel Fabritius The painting is part of the collection of The Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum site has a page from which you can zoom or download the image from icons on the left. There is also a downloadable version on Wikipedia, which has a page devoted to the painting. There…