I found an interesting post about Derains life and art, along with picasso's influence on him.
It is really incredible how all these wonderful artist ran into each other and collaborated and influe...
Fiji Island Mermaid Press has two great on line project that are happening right now - one of them is Free for All which is a project of 8 artist's mini-books, made buy the artists and uploaded, ...
I found this very disturbing Pig Skin Portraits by Heide Hatry .
It immediately brought to mind the old argument of the validity of Duchamp, and shock art...
I am not saying that her work isn...
Kerry James Marshall was commissioned by SFMOMA to paint to murals for the atrium. A blurb from the museums site
Mount Vernon and Monticello, the estates of American presidents George Was...
Finding your muse is never as romantic as it seems, and when I was a student, I had a difficult time with the whole terminology of finding subjects to work on. Muses, seemed to me to only be things t...
Red Riding hood with a twist. (Slightly of topic but delightful non the less)
This is a Tex Avery cartoon from 1943.
From Wiki
He also created a series of racy and ...
I am not sure what this test is good for, except some fun and bragging rights (if you do well) but you might as well give this color IQ test a go. I found it on Maykr who found it on J en Bradfor...
Giorgio Morandi (Italian, 1890-1964) Still Life (Natura morta), 1954 Oil on canvas; 10 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (26 x 70 cm) Mart, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Collection o...
What I like most about the Internet is finding out that people have given some really serious thought to topics I haven't given a moments thought to, thus acquiring something else to occupy my mind w...
Sometimes the most surprising things inspire me.
Elizabeth Perry
OK, not the most surprising things, I just seem to run into them when I least expect to, and there effect on me is immense...
No way to avoid the international economic meltdown, and clearly the art market is going to be hurt as well. According to TAN Dealers will be hurt most.
The theory: speculation in art (and yo...
One of the most influential exhibits in all time was the 1863 , Salon Des Refusees , hat was initiated by the Napoleon III who commanded that all the rejected artists from the annual Paris Salon, A ...
Rosemary Cosentino Mapping Journey IV,Oil on wood panel,12" x 12", 2003
This painting, which I find absolutely wonderful is one of a group of stolen pieces by the artist Rosemary Co...
I couldn't very well pass this day without posting something at least partially related to the election.
SFMO posted a great post called SFMOMA Red Blue Study: Chris Sollars which is the perfe...
No matter what your finacial situation, whether you were severly hurt by this current ressesion or not, it is not a situation to be ignored. Everyone is rethinking there choices and lifestyles ...
According to Modern Art Obsession A New Art Investment Fund Has Been Started By Castlestone Management with offices in London and New York. Click on the link to read full article.
It seems as if there is a whole trend (I guess it could be called that) of recreating famous photographs in different media. My first reaction to this, when I read about it in Leslie's blog was ...
A New Paul Paiement Show will open at the Peter Blake Gallery Laguna Beach, CA.and run September 4-27, 2008. Seems definitely worth a visit. Paul's work is both visually pleasing and intriguing...
Art News Blog posted the top ten artists sales for 2008. It is an interesting list - only 2 of the artist are still alive, Hirst and Gerhard
1. PICASSO Pablo (1881-1973) $262,366,349 from 176...
Its funny how things connect, and how once you have stumbled upon an Idea, you tend to meet with it everywhere you turn.
A while ago I wrote a post called Daily Inspiration , about Elizabeth Perr...
Besides being an art lover and artist, I am a bit of a peeping tom, and I love to see what other peoples studios look like, how they work and don't work, and how they deal with discipline and ded...
This book may not be all the way relevant right now, as Sarah Thornton's Seven Days In the Art World, was written before the current economic break down, when the art market was booming, and contempo...
When I was younger everything was in books, if you wanted to know an artist you had to buy or in many occasion you received from some uncle instead of the present you always wanted an album of thi...
This is a little off topic but I couldn't resist...Found this on Cigarettes and Purity and wanted to share.
No way to avoid the international economic meltdown, and clearly the art market is going to be hurt as well. According to TAN Dealers will be hurt most.
The theory: speculation in art (and yo...
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