Archive for April, 2010

The Promise

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Abstract art will delight some and mystify others; therefore, it is necessary to define it, so that the viewer may choose for himself what is absolute and honest. Abstract art springs from many sources, from the roots of Art Nouveau …

Eclectix: Traditional, NewBrow, Pop Art. Art Attacks of An Eclectic Nature … For Lots More Great Eclectic Art…. Eclectix Volume 2 · “For The Birds” – Online exhibit of bird themed art

(AP) — Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art has named a new chief curator. Michael Darling will join the museum’s staff on July 12. Darling is currently the curator of modern and contemporary art at the Seattle Art Museum.

Mark Rothko and Abstract Expressionism

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We knew what Rothko was about but we could never begin to explain his purposes to friends, family. or doubting foes of abstract art. We were a young couple with three small children and we had not a chance in hell of owning a Rothko. …

Davide manages to create pieces in styles that both hark back to medieval times and appeal to 21st-century stylistas. Innovation, it would seem, is not solely the province of the Valley’s computer scientists. …

Mahler Piano | Piano

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Art reached completely new heights when it was able to break away from the strict controls of the Church in the Renaissance period from 1400-1600. The greatest artists and sculptors in history such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci …

Contemporary art and design – sacred places. So I’m on another site and a commenter to a post mocking “modern art” mentions something about the unrecognizable character of the art at the new shrine in Fatima, Portugal – the site of the …

“Tesoros del Pueblo” (Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico), an exhibition featuring the collection of Alejandro Garcia that debuted in January, will close at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) on Wednesday, May 5, …

Friday links – Modern Art Notes

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This page contains a single entry by Modern Art Notes published on April 30, 2010 9:52 AM. Acquisition: John Marin at the Columbus Museum of Art was the previous entry in this blog. Find recent content on the main index or look in the …