Art News Headlines: January 22, 2011
Tags/ Posted by Laura LawsonIn a bubble bath Of Kandinsky shapes A universe of rings Circling in an orbitcontinue reading this poem
In the news: Edgar Degas “Laundry Women with Toothache” found after 37 years; Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” created entirely of laundry lint; Rome’s Colosseum to be restored by funding by founder of Tod’s luxury leather goods and shoes; Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco presents largest exhibition at Tate Modern; and documentary photographer Milton Rogovin dies at age 101 leaving behind a master collection of 4,000 images.
Art News and Opinion: January 6, 2011
Tags/ Posted by Laura Lawsonevery day Sarah gave thanks for the embalmed words of her childhoodcontinue reading this poem
In the news: Joan Miró to show at Tate Modern; Kimberly Chou reflects on Gene Beery’s work at Algus Greenspon; Deborah Soloman reviews Phoebe Hoban’s new book “Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty”; and Christopher Knight takes another look at the Willem de Kooning exhibition at L&M Arts called “Figure and Light”.
Art News Headlines: October 17, 2010
Tags/ Posted by Laura LawsonNoon. A dry martini at the beach bar, a man swizzles his ‘stache. Bond. Jaime Bond, he says. I’m stalled out by the pool watching birds shit on lounge chairs.continue reading this poem
Stephen Pace, whose exuberant style applied Abstract Expressionist scale and directness to figurative painting, died on September 23rd in an assisted-living center in New Harmony, Indiana. He was 91. Having studied at the Art Students League in 1947, Pace was met with considerable success as a second-generation Abstract Expressionist in the early 1950s.
The Art Museum and its Origins
Tags/ Posted by Tony ThomasFlunking a breast exam one week after womb removal I get the call that something’s showed up and I go back to be prodded, probed and sonographed.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.
