Category Archives: Art in a Minute

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios, Feb. 25, 2021 © 2022 . All rights reserved.

NFTs: The 21st-Century Urinals

More than 100 years ago, Marcel Duchamp started an artistic revolution when he signed a urinal with “R. Mutt 1917,” gave it the title Fountain, and entered it in an exhibition of the Society of Independent Artist in New York. It … Continue reading →

Georgia O’Keeffe, Apple Family – 2, 1920, Oil on canvas, 8’ x 10”, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM, Photo courtesy of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Georgia O’Keeffe, Apple Family – 2, 1920, Oil on canvas, 8’ x 10”, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM, Photo courtesy of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O’Keeffe: An American Original

We are accustomed to seeing works of art by Georgia O’Keeffe in prominent American museums, but there is a lot to be said for visiting the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM and experiencing her art on its own. … Continue reading →

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion and Galatea, 1890, Oil on canvas, 35” x 27” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY © 2021 . All rights reserved.

A Charming Love Story

Here’s a nice love story for Valentine’s Day – it comes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, a poem written in the 8th century in Rome that is based on a story from Greek mythology.  Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with his statue … Continue reading →

Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel, c. 1480, oil on panel, photo by Sotheby’s. © 2021 . All rights reserved.

Let’s All Crush on Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli’s Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel from c. 1480, sold at Sotheby’s this past Thursday, January 28th with a hammer price of $80 ($92.2 million with the buyer’s premium). For a good article about the auction, including information about … Continue reading →

Edward Hopper, Office in a Small City, 1953, oil on canvas. 28” x 40”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Edward Hopper, Office in a Small City, 1953, oil on canvas. 28” x 40”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

My COVID-19 Playlist

Because of the concerted effort made by museums and galleries to remain connected to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, there now is what seems like an avalanche of terrific content available on the internet. Generally speaking, major museums and … Continue reading →

Charles White, Awaken from the Unknowing, 1961, Charcoal and Wolff crayon on paperboard, Private Collection, Photo via the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Charles White, Awaken from the Unknowing, 1961, Charcoal and Wolff crayon on paperboard, Private Collection, Photo via the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA.

Make the Time: Charles White at LACMA

The retrospective exhibition of over 100 prints, drawings, and paintings by the artist Charles White (1918-1979) has moved from MoMA to LACMA, where it will be on view through June 9, 2019. The artist was a superb draftsman who altered … Continue reading →

Mark Bradford, Constitution IV, 2013, Mixed Media on Canvas, 132" x 120", Private Collection, Photo via Unfansius via Tumblr Mark Bradford, Constitution IV, 2013, Mixed Media on Canvas, 132

Mark Bradford’s Constitution

Mark Bradford employs a décollage technique using layers of found printed materials to build up the surfaces of his canvases before manipulating them by alternately sanding them and building them back up again with more paper. The texts or images … Continue reading →

Grave Stele of Hegeso, c. 410 B.C.E., marble and paint, from the Dipylon Cemetary, Athens, 5' 2", National Archaeological Museum, Athens Grave Stele of Hegeso, c. 410 B.C.E., marble and paint, from the Dipylon Cemetary, Athens, 5' 2

What is a Stele?

A stele is a tall slab made of wood or stone that typically is used as a grave marker. Sometimes people in ancient civilizations used stele as a boundary marker to ward off evil. Steles often were sculpted with images … Continue reading →