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05, 2021
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03, 2018
The Artist We Love To Hate
Kirby Kendrick2020-05-29T04:28:51-07:00
Double Portrait of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach, 1964
Francis Bacon
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Was Francis Bacon really the greatest painter of the 20th century, or just a fascinating crazy mess?
Margaret Thatcher described him as “that man who […]
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10, 2017
3 Cutting-Edge Artists!
Kirby Kendrick2017-10-10T22:24:09-07:00
School of Beauty, School of Culture, 2012
Kerry James Marshall
Could This Be Love, […]
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03, 2017
The REAL Vincent van Gogh
Kirby Kendrick2017-03-21T01:06:00-07:00
Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1989
Vincent van Gogh, (1853-1890)
Myth: Van Gogh was a manic, possibly slightly deranged man who just spontaneously threw paint at the canvas.
Truth: He was a very experienced […]
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03, 2016
The Kiss and Art
Kirby Kendrick2016-03-01T17:25:18-08:00The Kiss of Betrayal
“Kiss of Judas” Fresco (detail), 1304-06
Giotto di Bondone
This magnificent fresco portraying the betrayal of Jesus, was painted by Giotto over 700 years ago in the […]
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02, 2016
Ahhh-mazingg’ Art Museum
Kirby Kendrick2016-02-03T09:07:04-08:00
AHHH-MAZINGG’!
Hottest new museum to hit USA is the Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles! The architecture alone is worth the trip…a honeycombed boxy building tilted on its side filled with natural light.
Broad Museum
Los […]
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10, 2015
Andy Warhol…Why Is He An Important Artist?
Kirby Kendrick2015-10-21T10:13:54-07:00
Andy Warhol painted icons. He painted Marilyn Monroe only after she took her own life. These images deliver a big punch. Mortality stares us in the face…Marilyn’s mortality and our own.
Andy Warhol painted history […]
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08, 2015
Art In 36 Seconds! “EAT AT ART” Award winning art video!
Kirby Kendrick2015-08-18T09:16:32-07:00
Click here if you are unable to view the video.
Produced by Kirby Kendrick and Tyler Jordan, www.theartoftylerjordan.com
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06, 2015
Most Famous Art Show In The World
Kirby Kendrick2015-06-02T02:15:15-07:00If you happen to be in Venice between June and November this year, you will find yourself in the midst of the most important art show in the world, the Venice Biennale. The Olympics of art.
Art from 88 countries fills the museums, the palazzos, the canal-fronted warehouses, […]
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04, 2015
Dangerous Watercolors: Nolde and Nickson
Kirby Kendrick2015-04-14T11:38:30-07:00
Evening Landscape North Frisia, date unknown
Emil Nolde
Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Although he joined the Nazi party in the early ’30s, Emil Nolde’s paintings were confiscated from the museums and his work was slandered as Degenerate Art.
From […]