Art News Headlines: June 18, 2011
Tags/ Posted by Laura LawsonHow did I come to feel nothing satisfies more than introspection?continue reading this poem
In the News: “Vienna: Art & Design” at the National Gallery of Victoria; Artist Claudio Bravo, known for his hyperrealism paintings passed away; “Doors of No Return: The Remains of Africa’s Slave Castles” photography by Henderson and Merrell at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Oklahoma; etching and intaglio works in exhibition “Louise Bourgeois” at the James Cohan Gallery; and a surfing Madonna, mosaic of the Virgin of Guadalupe riding a wave considered illegal graffiti.
Art News Headlines: April 16, 2011
Tags/ Posted by Laura LawsonVan Helsing unfastened the coffin lid, peeled the crucifix from the bone-white brow.continue reading this poem
In the News: Opening of The Record:Contemporary Art and Vinyl in Boston including artists as Jasper Johns and Ed Ruscha; The Poetry Foundation awarded the largest prize, the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize; artist Hedda Sterne passed away at 100 years old; works of Goya and El Greco were recovered after stolen 14 years ago, and works by French painter Gustave Courbet on exhibition in Spain at the MNAC in Barcelona.
Art News Headlines: April 9, 2011
Tags/ Posted by Laura LawsonThe moon cannot be stolen, only borrowed. Tonight, after your shift ends, I tell you about a surprise in the freezer.continue reading this poem
In the News: “Untitled (Lamp/Bear)” on display to be auctioned off by Christie’s; woman charged with second-degree theft of painting by Paul Gauguin; Edouard Manet collection on exhibit at Musee d’Orsay through July 2011; Banksy’s most well known images to be sold at Bonhams; and rescue operation underway to save artifacts from Buddhist monasteries in Mes Aynak, Afghanistan.
Art News Headlines: March 13, 2011
Tags/ Posted by Laura LawsonLike an old shoe molded to only one foot, I do have a thick hide that’s held up through years of nettling by tongues of other poets.continue reading this poem
In the News: Painter Jim Nutt’s latest exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in his hometown Chicago; debate over late artist Eduardo Chillida’s monumental, artificial cave in a Canary Island mountain; a rarely seen in public, Pablo Picasso “Nude Green Leaves and Bust” on display at Tate Modern in London; street artist Thierry Guetta, better known as Mr. Brainwash, being sued by photographer Glen Friedman: the Armory Show 2011 in New York City now open, featuring 274 contemporary and modern art galleries from 31 countries.
