Bright yellow hats, swirling red capes, skin tight blue body suits, bulging muscles…
Comic book artists gave conservative, Great Depression-burdened America a kick in the art pants in the late 1930’s!
Many a fine artist today owes their extraordinary use of color and dynamic composition to the influence of comic book artists. Check out Jeff […]
Husband and wife were united for eternity in their tomb in Giza, Egypt. In 1907, the tomb was excavated and the lovely 20-inch high clay statues were given a permanent place of honor in the […]
An extraordinary video installation touring the U.S. and Europe is knocking the socks off the art world and critics are calling it a modern masterpiece!
“The Clock,” by artist Christian Marclay, is a 24-hour-long film consisting of over 3,000 old and […]
Ever wondered why we are fascinated and confused by beautiful paintings that have ominous images?
Brain researchers in the field of Neuroscience have increasingly turned their eyes on art in an effort to understand how we see these works of art.
There is a deep portion of the brain, the amygdala, which triggers BOTH negative & […]
Herb and Dorothy
He was a postal worker. She was a librarian. Together they amassed one of the most important contemporary art collections in the world.
Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a seemingly ordinary couple, lived for decades in a humble […]
The Kiss of Betrayal
This magnificent fresco painted by Giotto over 700 years ago in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy, is today as compelling and vibrant as it was in 1300 AD. “The Genius of […]
By a fortuitous happenstance, Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece, “The Kiss”, survived the German occupation of Austria during WW II. Adolph Hitler and Hermann Goring considered all modern art “degenerate” but made an exception of the […]
“The Scream”, the Norwegian Evard Munch’s painting, and “Double Elvis”, Andy Warhol’s painting of the superstar are up for sale!
Known as the Mona Lisa of our time, “The Scream,” painted in 1893, is an icon of […]
Conversation overheard between two art lovers in the elevator at the Metropolitan Museum, New York City:
1st art lover: Did you see that fantastic fine art painting this week on the cover of […]
In the savvy film, “New York Stories,” the character played by Nick Nolte is an artistic genius, drunk and painting ferociously all night long to ear splitting rock music in his very romantic loft studio.
Artists’ studios are remarkably diverse. A setting for contemplative reflection or for wild collaborative social galas, hidden in a […]