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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Duchess Kate Middleton Gets Her Portrait Painted

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South African artist Paul Emsley's portrait of Kate Middleton. [Image: Squarish painting of the head and shoulders of Kate Middleton p...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

Katie Henderson

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Fashion illustration by Katie Henderson. [Image: a full-body semi-realistic drawing of a Black woman wearing a vanilla-beige dress, strapp...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Merry Christmas.

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[Video: black & white film of a cat spoofing French existentialist films. Henry the cat (a serious sounding adult male voice) narrates...
Sunday, December 9, 2012

Depressing story about obliterated mural

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The Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia is still trying to figure out why and by whom this mural was obliterated. It was apparently a job by...
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Oh, the blog.

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I just remembered, I have a blog. Sorry for the lack of posts; I've been on vacation in a place so remote it evades the clutches of the ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Happy Halloween.

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Jack-o-lantern party. I made the big one in the middle; husband made the one on the right with the pentagram eye. My inspiration was Lelan...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson on Zadie Smith's critical showdown

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This is a great essay. Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson discusses Zadie Smith's writing in which she compares two approaches to art (and writing...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Artistic Process and Scotch Tape: An Epic

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I. Though my guilt-fear, rendered humdrum through bad habits, dictates this day I'll purge from My Big Binge, I am on strike for a b...
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

The Act of Being Visible

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"Being seen": passive. "Appearing": active. Dove Promises chocolate wrapper reading, "You're gorgeous. Love...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Two self portraits by Albrecht Durer

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*Durer's name has an umlaut over the U but I can't be troubled to type it in. Durer, self-portrait at 26. Durer, self-portr...
Friday, September 14, 2012

Atlanta: Part 2

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You can read the Part 1 of my art trip to Atlanta, about Richard Misrach's photos, here . On this day I was attempting to go see a per...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Happy Labor Day!

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Thanks to the workers who built this country! Here's a little bit of US history regarding Labor Day and the labor movement: During...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

Rain

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It rained here Tuesday or Wednesday, quite a lot. By coincidence my brand new waterproof beach/running shoes had just arrived the day before...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

Finally, a pen for ladies!

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Bic has released a new pen for women: Bic Cristal For Her Ball Pens. I'll let that sink in for a second. The Amazon reviews for this...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Mask, by Wangechi Mutu

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Wangechi Mutu, Mask , 2006. [Image: A collage involving two photographic images, roughly the same size. If they're both the size of no...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Olga Orlova, by Valentin Serov.

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Go check out this post on Gurney Journey about portrait artist Valentin Serov . Quoth the Ruskie, "For my part, each time I appraise ...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Jesus Fresco Restoration

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A church lady picks up some brushes and attempts to "restore" a 19th century fresco of Jesus. Hijinks ensue.
Friday, August 24, 2012

Secretaries Of The Cabinet, by Sir John Stanton Ward

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Secretaries Of The Cabinet, by Sir John Stanton Ward. National Portrait Gallery, Britain. Something about this portrait is really humorous...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Some portraits by Lucien Freud

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Double portrait by Lucien Freud Eli and David by Lucien Freud The Artist's Mother by Lucien Freud. [Image: Head and shoulder...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Braids, by Andrew Wyeth

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Braids [portrait of Helga Testorf] by Andrew Wyeth, 1979. Tempera. [Image: head and shoulders of a young white woman turned to the left a...
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