Noordbrabants Museum achieves the impossible with new Hieronymus Bosch show
Here is a great story about a resourceful and determined museum director. Charles de Mooij wanted to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Bosch with a show that brought together all of his surviving works. The interesting part is that his … More…
Microbiologist recreates van Gogh’s “Starry Night” with bacteria for Agar Art Contest
The American Society for Microbiology’s first Agar Art contest challenged scientists to create a unique work of art. The catch, they had to trade in the typical paint and canvas medium for organism(s) grown in a petri dish. Over 85 … More…
‘The Wrath of the Gods: Masterpieces by Rubens, Michelangelo, and Titian’ @ Philadelphia Museum of Art
Barrymore Scherer gives us a quick overview of the current exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. According to Scherer, “The Wrath of the Gods: Masterpieces by Rubens, Michelangelo, and Titian” is an intimate, richly complex show featuring 19 works, including important … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Edith Corbet’s “Distant View of the Carrara Mountains”
Musée d’Orsay becomes world’s first gallery to stage prostitution exhibition.
Splendour and Misery. Images of Prostitution 1850-1910 – is, as writer John Litchfield states, a tour de force. It has assembled scores of wonderful paintings from all over the world by Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, … More…
How corrupting can images or marks on a canvas really be? Sometimes a lot!
Here is an interesting article by Michael Glover about censorship and art. Where do we draw the line? Should a line be drawn? However, in this case the artist probably crossed the line? For more, click HERE. And for additional … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Francois A. Delobbe’s “Jeune fille”
Source: Jeune fille – we just added this 19th century French Academic painting by Francois Alfred Delobbe (1835-1920) to our web site. Delobbe was accepted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts at the age of 16 and began his training with Thomas Couture. … More…
Collecting Art for Love, Not Money
Great article by Gully Wells about one of those ancient practices that hopefully will make a big comeback … buying art and antiques because you love them and want to own them — not because they are the ‘things’ to have and … More…
Billionaires Shrug Off Volatile Markets for Art Shopping Spree
According to Katya Kazakina’s article on Bloomberg the Frieze Art Fair is doing well. Now I know the headlines probably make most of us think … of course it is ok for those billionaires who buy at the high end … More…