April 9th, 2011
Art News Headlines: April 9, 2011
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
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.
March 9th, 2010
The Art Museum and its Origins
Tags/ Posted by Tony ThomasHow the Muses have treated us. They: Sing of rage, then ragers. Sing of weapons, then men.continue reading this poem
One of the oldest displays of art is in the caves at Lascaux, which contain around 2,000 painted figures, including over 900 identified as animals, dated at around 16,000 BC. There are similar caves at Altamira in Spain, and some aboriginal rock art in Australia may be at least 40,000 years old.
