Category: art
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deaccession
First off, super cool word – deaccession – officially remove (an item) from the listed holdings of a library, museum, or art gallery, typically in order to sell it to raise funds. Two lightning rod deaccessions (I can’t use that word enough) are afoot with similar alleged ‘transgressions’ but slightly different contexts. The Berkshire Museum […]
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It says “I am a maker. I make stuff”.
Great art night tonight. I have refrained from introducing The Fellas to the medium of spray paint. It lends itself to the lazy application of color and I think I had some fantasy of researching “tagging” and “graffiti art” before we cracked open the aerosols. Krylon has presented itself anonymously from time to time – […]
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Do the Right Thing
My heart is lifted by the coverage of the Louvre’s display of Nazi-seized paintings in an attempt to return them to their rightful owners. Some times the simplest “right” thing to do is the most wonderful.
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The Night Watch “Live”
The Night Watch was a staple of my artistic diet for the three months I lived in Amsterdam working on “Big Brother” with Endemol. I just came across this 2013 live action version of this Dutch masterpiece as part of a marketing campaign to celebrate the renovation of the Rijksmuseum. Gold. LINK
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Rise of the Prints
A Bloomberg article today detailed the surging auction market for prints. They’re designed by an artist and often signed by the artist, but they are, by definition, reproductions. I don’t understand this section of the market that pays $15K – $1MM for a signed poster. I look at photographs differently, a print is their natural medium. I had […]
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Legos as Fine Art
This might be how I get The Fellas fired up about some classic art. I’m going to have to do one of these in the home. Maybe two.
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Re-Membered
I love the Met. I love that I can never tell you if I’ve been there twenty minutes or three hours. I love that I visit old friends and intentionally seek out new ones. You make a turn and see a Matisse Dancer and you feel like you’ve been here a million times. Today I […]
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I Yield
I’m giving up on David Hockney. I think I’m supposed to like him. Peut-être je ne comprends pas. Je m’en fous. I can tell you the cultural significance of his work. It just doesn’t speak to me. I’ve given him more than his due. I attended a “Met after Dark” event and today circled again […]
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Not the Turtle
I used to like Michelangelo (artist, not Mutant Turtle). Then I read “Agony and Ecstasy” in the mid 90s and now I love him. I hit the Met exhibit for MB today and I would say I am largely “unsatisfied”. I had carried my copy of “Agony” across the country and had some immersive image […]
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VVG
It felt like just six of us in the 10p showing of ‘Loving Vincent’ at the Roxy on a Saturday night was exactly the right way to enjoy this unique film. Ninety minutes of oil paint based animation traversing a historically-fictionalized period after VVG’s death, which used flash back/reminiscing to touch on the major themes […]