Henri Matisse (1869-1954) has risen to rock star celebrity. He is beloved throughout the world. 500,000 people packed the Tate Museum in London last summer to see his show. The Tate turned the final weekend of the run into a kind of all-night sleepover […]
Ai Weiwei (pronounced eye way-way) is China’s best-known artist. He protests the abuses of the Chinese government.
To punish him the Chinese condemned Ai’s art, burned his studio, and held him in a […]
Outsider Art:
Naive…visionary…never been in an art school or gallery…disturbing images…
DELIGHTFUL!
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Clementine Hunter was born in 1886, twenty years after the Civil War, when segregation and oppression of blacks was still rampant. Her child-like paintings of picking cotton, picking […]
The Grandfather: N.C. Wyeth, 1882-1945
One of America’s foremost illustrators, N.C. Wyeth painted adventure scenes with unforgettable characters. Bring back memories???
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Ever wonder how to best show your art…those pieces you have lovingly collected over the years? Top San Francisco designer, Linda Applewhite, presents 3 terrific ideas!
Linda Applewhite’s Design Tips
Play With Color and Texture
To make artwork stand out in a room! Combine […]
Did you know that Robert De Niro’s father was a brilliant artist?
At last, one of art’s unsung heroes is being honored!…and by his son, Robert De Niro, Jr.
The elder De Niro was […]
“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 […]
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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