Art school: What, exactly, do they do there? Draw It With Your Eyes Closed: The Art of the Art Assignment collects more than 100 real-life assignments from art schools, submitted by practicing artists, teachers, and critics to the editors of Paper Monument, an art journal. The result is a fascinating look at the exercises and [...]
Archive for contemporary art
Contemporary vision, de la Cruz-style
It’s become a cliché to point out that many of the private contemporary art collections of Miami are by and large bigger and better than any of the public institutions. In fact, they are some of the most prominent in the world. When they are locked behind closed doors, that’s a shame. But a number [...]
Sixth Edition of Arnason's Classic History of Modern Art To Be Published by Prentice Hall In August 2009
Upper Saddle River, NJ (PRWEB) June 11, 2009 Arnason's History of Modern Art, long considered the text in the field, traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. This classic survey has now been thoroughly reworked and updated for its sixth edition, [...]
Art-Filled Stretch: Walking Manhattan’s Museum Mile
Manhattan’s Museum Mile is actually a couple of blocks longer than a mile, but you’ll never notice while enjoying the walking. USA history, culture and charm will enthrall you on this the lovely tree-lined stretch of road on Fifth Avenue’s Upper East Side. With wonderful architecture, greenery and all the other interesting people you’ll see [...]
Lines that aren’t about vandalism
Hendrik Beikirch believes graffiti is a sign of life and not of aggression. The German artist plans to paint in Korea next His monochromatic paintings of black fences, on canvas and plastic, are fascinating in the depth and poetry they carry with one colour, and a theme so specific. For artist ECB Hendrik Beikirch, whose [...]
