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  • Site Specific

    Ahuja Azure, Cirtron and Amber Persian Wall by Dale Chihuly, 2010, The University Hospitals’  Ahuja Medical Center, Beachwood, OH  Dale Chihuly is the most famous glass artist in the world. Since the later part…

  • Beautiful Death

    Master of the Dresden Prayer Book, about 1480 – 1485?, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The Getty Museum is hosting an exhibition whose subject is the representation of death in medieval manuscripts. The manuscript…

  • The Road Less Travelled

    Apaquogue by Adolph Gottlieb, 1961, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Adolph Gottlieb was one of the founders of the Abstract Expressionist movement. His work went from figural portraits in the 20’s and 30’s,…

  • Bringing the Modern to Tradition

    The Modern Song (Modan bushi ) by K. Kotani, 1930. (Detail.) The Japan Society (Credit: Exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Va.) The Japan Society is currently hosting an exhibition of…

  • Hidden Meanings

    The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533, The National Gallery, London. Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Germany but spent most of his career in England as the court painter to Henry…

  • Carved History

    Gemma Augustea, Roman, Early 1st century CE, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. To memorialize his triumph over the “barbarians” this carved cameo was created that shows the Emperor Augustus receiving the crown of victory and seated…

  • Memorials

    Iridescence of Life #7 by Binh Danh, Haines Gallery Binh Danh is a Vietnamese photographer who used images from victims killed in war in his native homeland as subjects for his work. In this…

  • Glass Jewels

    Stained Glass Panel in Frank Lloyd Wright Style at Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix. Frank Lloyd Wright always liked to create an entire environment in his buildings and homes. He designed furniture, rugs, light fixtures, stained…

  • Stacked Blocks by Design

    Vintage Postcard of the Arizona Biltmore Hotel The hotel opened in 1929 and was the first resort complex in the Phoenix area. Two brothers from Chicago named McArthur, asked their brother Albert McArthur, who…