Art News and Opinion: September 4, 2010
Tags/ Posted by Laura LawsonSince I was young, I've been the youngest and worshipped Venus in the sacred and fragrant colonnades of even her humblest serving maidscontinue reading this poem
Reviews of Ed Ruscha, Lee Friedlander, Salvador Dali’ and of the National Gallery of Scotland exhibition “Impressionist Gardens”, plus a 500 year old Leonardo da Vinci sketch judged “astonishingly modern”.
Art News Headlines: September 2, 2010
Tags/ Posted by Laura LawsonIt was good to wake this morning, knowing nothing except there was a river, lacquered blue, streaked with light,continue reading this poem
The auction of Modern and Contemporary Australian Art at Christie’s later this month will offer a pair of rediscovered paintings of historical importance that was found in an attic, and which was identified and consigned to auction through none other that Christie’s iPhone application.
Art News Headlines: August 27, 2010
Tags/ Posted by Laura Lawsoni entered the sanctuary of your still life, driven by the mind i left twitching in the gutter.continue reading this poem
What do you get when you put together renowned fashion photographer Raymond Meier, Nick Cave of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and none other than Vogue magazine?
Art News Headlines: August 17, 2010
Tags/ Posted by Laura Lawsonkiss me like a cab driver all fury and fumes consider the meter its hard click we've crossed into another borough all heart-stoppedcontinue reading this poem
Chuck Close self-portrait You’ve heard of portrait painter Chuck Close, and you’ve heard of political satirist Stephen Colbert, but you probably have never pictured the two together—until last Thursday, when Colbert featured Close in an entertaining segment on his show, The Colbert Report. Colbert interviewed the celebrated artist, who briefly described his evolution as a [...]
