Alert! Alert! Lightning has struck in the world of art and science!
The question: Does art enhance science and math…and vice versa?
The answer: Yes! There are correlations between a Rembrandt portrait […]
Outsider Art:
Naive…visionary…never been in an art school or gallery…disturbing images…
DELIGHTFUL!
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First impression of Clementine Hunter’s paintings: charming, quaint, life on the plantation.
But, look deeper into these child-like paintings of picking cotton, picking pecans, washing clothes, baptisms […]
Did we just call out her name? Is she turning to us to whisper a secret? We lose ourselves in her gaze, and all of a sudden we feel a quickening of the heart…a charge of energy.
We […]
American art is evolving!
American art is pushing all the boundaries!
It is almost inconceivable how much the work of American artists has changed in the past 250 years. This mind-boggling evolution is brilliantly presented by three renowned San Diego museums…The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The San Diego Museum of Art and […]
Why do we get that tingling sensation, that sudden wave of emotion, that thrill when we see the haystack paintings of Bruegel, Van Gogh and Monet?
Who would have thought haystacks would be so enthralling? Do they speak to our yearning for a simpler way of life?
We know from brain research that the color […]
You live in 15th century in Florence.
You are wealthy and powerful.
You want your portrait painted so your memory will not fade.
Piero della Francesca, arguably the finest painter of the Renaissance, painted a double image of […]
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 art thieves of the world are poised for action!
The Barnes Foundation’s $25 BILLION art collection is moving! The works of art; 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes, and 59 Matisses, along with works of Monet, Degas, Seuret, Titian and […]
