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Happy Valentine’s Day
Seductive Selection by Peter Anton, 2011 Anton is known for creating sculptures of everyday objects (food is his favorite subject) but making them larger than life. He feels that food is a celebration of…
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Artist Carrie Mae Weems on 30 Years of Genius – EBONY
Artist Carrie Mae Weems on 30 Years of Genius [INTERVIEW] – Entertainment & Culture – EBONY “Art has saved my life on a regular basis. I wanted to offer that experience to children, to…
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A Gold Star for Cleveland
A large detail of Louis Grebenak’s WBOE mural, which awaits installation at ideastream in downtown Cleveland. There is an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer today about a series of WPA murals that…
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In Defense of Art History
Art Connoisseur by Norman Rockwell, 1962. I do not normally use this blog to editorialize, but I was listening to the radio yesterday and they played a sound bite from a speech President Obama…
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More Than Meets the Eye
How to Look art Art by Grant Snider Grant’s blog is called Incidental Comics
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Feminist Art or Just Art?
The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago , 1974-79, Brooklyn Museum There are two exhibitions at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington DC right now that were organized by the Brooklyn…
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Circling the Wagons Around the Art
There is an article in the New York Times about foundations pooling resources to cover the portion of the pension bailout that Orr was looking at some of the DIA’s art to cover.
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Inspired by Tradition
Lightning Snake by Preston Singletary, Traver Gallery Preston Singletary is an artist who works primarily in glass and draws influence from his native Tlingit background. His work shows influence of native symbols and animals…
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Bought A Book
Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty by Diana Scarisbrick. 2007, Thames and Hudson. I have been wanting this book since it came out in 2007 and I just got it this year with…