Saturday, December 25, 2010
Adolf Busch, the Man Who Said No to Hitler | Sightings by Terry Teachout - WSJ.com
Adolf Busch, the Man Who Said No to Hitler | Sightings by Terry Teachout - WSJ.com: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"
Friday, November 12, 2010
The Technological Arts: Ancient Seafaring Featured by Smithsonian and Singapore
Smithsonian and Singapore Organize World Tour of Shipwreck Treasure | Art Knowledge News
Written by Sylvester Hanson Sunday, 26 September 2010 05:07
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Singapore Tourism Board and the National Heritage Board of Singapore today announced a partnership to organize the first exhibition and international tour of one of the oldest and most important marine archaeological finds of the late 20th century. The exhibition will focus on the 1998 discovery of a ninth-century shipwreck and its astonishing cargo of about 60,000 objects from Tang dynasty China, ranging from mass-produced ceramics to rare and extraordinary items of finely worked gold. The cargo had laid undisturbed on the ocean floor for more than 1,100 years until sea-cucumber divers discovered it off the coast of Indonesia's Belitung Island. The ship, an Arab dhow, and its contents confirm the existence of a direct maritime trade route (alluded to in ancient Chinese and Arabic texts) from China to the Persian Gulf and beyond-well before the Portuguese set sail in the 15th century.
Written by Sylvester Hanson Sunday, 26 September 2010 05:07
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Singapore Tourism Board and the National Heritage Board of Singapore today announced a partnership to organize the first exhibition and international tour of one of the oldest and most important marine archaeological finds of the late 20th century. The exhibition will focus on the 1998 discovery of a ninth-century shipwreck and its astonishing cargo of about 60,000 objects from Tang dynasty China, ranging from mass-produced ceramics to rare and extraordinary items of finely worked gold. The cargo had laid undisturbed on the ocean floor for more than 1,100 years until sea-cucumber divers discovered it off the coast of Indonesia's Belitung Island. The ship, an Arab dhow, and its contents confirm the existence of a direct maritime trade route (alluded to in ancient Chinese and Arabic texts) from China to the Persian Gulf and beyond-well before the Portuguese set sail in the 15th century.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Chroma Passage from the Petosky Arch by Janice Arnold
See the "Chroma Passage from the Petosky Arch" at
Janice Arnold - ArtPrize Artist Profile - A radically open art contest, Grand Rapids Michigan
Hat tip to the Big Swede.
Janice Arnold - ArtPrize Artist Profile - A radically open art contest, Grand Rapids Michigan
Hat tip to the Big Swede.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
AT the English National Opera, The Makropulos Case, English National Opera - The Arts Desk - Arts Reviews, Features and News
The Makropulos Case at the English National Opera is brilliantly reviewed by Igor Toronyi-Lalic at The Arts Desk.
Monday, May 24, 2010
A Resurgence of Pixel Art
Andrew Webster examines the resurgence of pixel art at 8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Burning Bright « Library of Congress Blog
Burning Bright « Library of Congress Blog
"Art and science, and sometimes art and politics, mirror each other in times of rapid change."
"Art and science, and sometimes art and politics, mirror each other in times of rapid change."
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Europeana "think culture" : Ideas Inspiration : Digital Items : Images Texts Sounds Videos
Europeana - About us:
"Europeana.eu ... links you to 6 million digital items.
* Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects
* Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers
* Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts
* Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts"
Sunday, February 07, 2010
art and art handling - e.g. moving large stone pieces
art and art handling
"Art handling is all about balance, understanding the physical presence of the object/ Art and recognizing how to touch it."
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
The Guggenheim: Kandinsky Retrospective Helps Set New Attendance Record for 2009
The Guggenheim: Kandinsky Retrospective Helps Set New Attendance Record for 2009
"Record-breaking attendance at the museum has been recorded for 2009, the fiftieth-anniversary year of the landmark building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Over 1.3 million visitors came to the museum this past year, enjoying groundbreaking exhibitions such as The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989; Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward; The Sweeney Decade: Acquisitions at the 1959 Inaugural; and Kandinsky....
The 50th Anniversary continues in 2010 with special exhibitions Tino Sehgal, opening January 29, and Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, which opens February 12."
Google Maps Mania: Google Map of the World's Art
Google Maps Mania: Google Map of the World's Art
"An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps.
GeocodedArt is a new website that is busy mapping the world's fine art paintings. The geocodedArt database contains over 1,000 images of identifiable places all over the world."
Monday, January 18, 2010
Art as Economics : Germany turns to Culture to Combat Foreign Competition
Germany combats foreign competition with culture - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
by Mike Wereschagin of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
hat tip to German-American Relations group at LinkedIn
by Mike Wereschagin of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
hat tip to German-American Relations group at LinkedIn
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Fresh Furry Start to the New Decade
Fresh Furry Start to the New Decade:
"This week Dave and I were talking about how ready we were for the first decade of this century to be over. I don’t know about you, but we don’t think it was quite the greatest we’ve ever experienced.
With a trace of hurt in their eyes, both daughters were quick to say they thought the zeros were great. As parents we had forgotten to note that the oughts (aughts?) were the first entire decade of their existence. I was quickly convinced that the OOs really rocked."
2010: The Future Of Fashion Blogging | Independent Fashion Bloggers
2010: The Future Of Fashion Blogging | Independent Fashion Bloggers:
"fashion bloggers have a unique situation that other bloggers will never truly understand. We have to be full out techies like the “tech bloggers” and we have to stay up to date on the latest trends and news in the fashion industry like the “fashion writers”. We are passionate about the two fastest changing industries in the world…fashion and technology; which is exactly why we have to stay one step ahead of the competition to make sure our blogs survive the future. So what are the 2010 fashion blogging trends to look forward to?"
Monday, January 04, 2010
Are you Fashionable in the New Decade? DolceFugo’s take on today’s fashion and designer shopping
Are you Fashionable in the New Decade? DolceFugo’s take on today’s fashion and designer shopping:
"We are entering a new decade, which means fashion is entering a new definitive era. Trivial to some but hardly a slight matter to the style-conscious, this transition period provides an admirable opportunity to reinvent their look."
What will the Arts bring us in 2010 : Looking Ahead - New and Eternal Arts Choices for a New Decade - NYTimes.com
What will the arts bring us in 2010?
Looking Ahead - New and Eternal Arts Choices for a New Decade - NYTimes.com, by Randy Kennedy, writes:
Looking Ahead - New and Eternal Arts Choices for a New Decade - NYTimes.com, by Randy Kennedy, writes:
"A NEW month bequeaths a new year bequeaths a new decade and — dare anyone hope — maybe a new lease on life for the economy, which took its toll on the arts in 2009 as it did on everything else."The article covers theater, dance, screens (film, television), video games, and music (pop, opera singers, classical music, and cabaret).
Art Market 2009 Still Suffered from Recession - WSJ.com
Art Market Still Suffers Recession-Induced Blue Period - WSJ.com. Kelly Crow ins her January 4, 2010 article writes inter alia:
"The recession battered the art market for much of 2009, as prices for some of the world's top artists fell by a third and auction houses struggled to win over wary collectors."Read the full article here.
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