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 […]
“I’m not here to make ‘pretty pictures!’ I want my paintings to stop your heart, you understand that?! I am here to make you think…feel a moan of rapture…sense the divine, or damned.” — Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko felt that a […]
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), French master of 20th Century art, painted this intimate, jewel-like image of his life-long muse and wife, Marthe, […]
Artist Joe Sola was in his second story studio being interviewed by a couple of haughty and condescending art critics.
Midway through the humdrum interview Sola got up and took a flying leap out of his closed second story […]
30 Art Masterpieces in 60 Seconds
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Andy Warhol painted icons.
Andy Warhol painted history.
Love him or hate him, Andy Warhol was just the latest in the long line of artists documenting our times.
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And the angel, Gabriel, said to Mary, “Do not be afraid, for you shall bear a son and name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called The Son of the Most High.”
Merry Christmas!
Johannesburg – Nelson Mandela is lilac, pulsing-pink, blue, and sandy tan. He is a collection of energy, a precise assembly of meticulously measured stripes.
This describes the gigantic portrait, 14 feet high, honoring “Tata,” or father, the term of endearment many South Africans use for […]
Someone did! A member of the royal family of Qatar, Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad al-Thani, dubbed the most powerful woman in art, reportedly bought Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
The painting sold for $142 million dollars.
Artist Francis Bacon […]
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