René Magritte, The Son of Man, 1964, oil on canvas, 45.67” x 35”, Private Collection, Photo by Williamo! via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.0 Generic License.
The Son of Man, a painting of a man in an overcoat and a bowler hat whose face is obscured by a floating green apple, actually is a self-portrait by Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte. You can see part of his … Continue reading
Frank Gehry, MIT's Stata Center, 2006, Cambridge, MA, Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” – Frank Gehry
Diane Arbus, Eddie Carmel, Jewish Giant, taken at Home with His Parents in the Bronx, New York, 1970, Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Diane Arbus American Photographer Diane Nemerov was born to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov, owners of Russek’s, a Fifth Avenue department store, on March 14, 1923. She married her childhood sweetheart, Allan Arbus, in 1959 and they divorced in 1969. Arbus is … Continue reading
Piero di Cosimo,
The Discovery of Honey, c. 1499,
oil on panel, 31.2” x 50.6”,
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Don’t miss the retrospective exhibition of works by Piero di Cosimo, Florentine Renaissance master, at the National Gallery of Art. The last time there was an exhibition of Piero di Cosimo’s work in the United States was 1938. Piero di … Continue reading
Peplos Kore, c. 530 BCE, marble, 48
“Life is short, the art long.” Hippocrates (460-370 BCE)
Wikipedia-edit-a-thon
The activist group Art+Feminism will host its second annual “Wikipedia-edit-a-thon” at the Museum of Modern Art on Saturday, March 7th from 11:00am to 5:00pm. The purpose of the event is to revise and add information to better represent female artists and feminism on Wikipedia, … Continue reading
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890, oil on canvas, 35 x 27 in., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Happy Valentine’s Day from The Art Minute
Paul Gauguin, Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?), 1892, oil on canvas, 40” x 30”, Qatar Museums, Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Last week, artnews reported that Qatar purchased Paul Gauguin’s painting, Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?), for a rumored $300 million in a private sale. This is the highest price ever paid for a work of art. Since its … Continue reading
Francisco Goya, Charles IV of Spain and His Family, 1800, oil on canvas, 9’17” x 11’, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
King Charles IV did not reject Francisco Goya’s less than flattering group portrait, Charles IV of Spain and His Family, but we know he didn’t like it much. This is not a surprise. One easily could argue that Goya made … Continue reading
Robert Frank, Rodeo, New York City, 1955, gelatin silver print, 13” x 9 1/16”, Image via the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sometimes an outsider’s perspective is keen. Born and raised in Switzerland, the photographer Robert Frank immigrated to the United States in 1947. Within 10 years, Frank’s initial optimism about the country soured as he roamed throughout the U.S. on a … Continue reading
Berthe Morisot, Hollyhock, oil on canvas, 1880, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Berthe Morisot French Impressionist Painter Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot, born on January 14th, 1841 in Bourges, was one of only three women who were members of the French Impressionist group of artists in Paris. Daughter of Edme Tiburce Morisot, a high-level government official, and … Continue reading
Ellsworth Kelly, Dark Green Curve I, 1982, oil on canvas, 72 1/2 x 102 1/8 in., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Photo by rbasallote via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License.
There is no room for interpretation here: you are looking at a large, flat green shape created by Ellsworth Kelly. This work of art that boldly asserts its flatness is typical of Kelly’s Formalist art, which in many ways was … Continue reading