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Category Archives: Art
The making of a metal tree
Thanks to Donna D. What a Christmas tree.
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THE CHALK GUY IS BACK
Thanks to Sybil-Ann! See the bottom for information on the artist and 3D. This incredible … Continue reading
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Waiting for the Interurban Statue in Fremont
A History Link Essay – posted in 2019 by Rita Cipalla. (Thanks to Ann M.) Richard Beyer: People Waiting for the Interurban, 1978 cast aluminum sculpture. A History Link Essay – posted in 2019 by Rita Cipalla On June 17, … Continue reading
Six new Seattle art spaces defying COVID
A secret basement. A front-yard mailbox. A museum of museums. The show goes on, in unconventional ways. by Margo Vansynghel & Agueda Pacheco Flores. For the full article in Crosscut, please click here. Artist Tyna Ontko attaches her hand-carved wooden art piece to … Continue reading
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Groan!
Thanks to Sybil-Ann! A thief in Paris planned to steal some Paintings from the Louvre After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away … Continue reading
How Andrew Wyeth painted Christina
From the New England Historical Society: Andrew Wyeth met his future wife and Christina Olson, the subject of his most famous painting, on the same day – his 22nd birthday. Christina Olson was born on May 3, 1893 and as a child contracted … Continue reading
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The Met 360 project
Architect Richard Morris Hunt designed this majestic space in 1902. He never could have imagined that today the Museum’s main entry greets more than six million visitors a year. Now you can experience its Neoclassical grandeur in a way no … Continue reading
Dramatic close-ups capture something percolating and exploding – but what is it?
From Aeon: Winner of the Jury Prize in the 1981 Cannes Film Festival’s Short Films competition, Zea is an impressive and exhilarating piece of macro filmmaking. In a montage, close-ups capture a mysterious yellow subject as it heats and bubbles. But what … Continue reading
Love and loss
Thanks to Linda W. Today is the birthday of choreographer Donald Byrd AND composer Emmanuel Witzthum. To celebrate, we’re sharing a full dress rehearsal recording of one of their collaborations: Love and Loss. This video is open to the public, so please … Continue reading
Art like you’ve never experienced
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Italy’s Museums Reopen With Vibrating Social-Distancing Necklaces, Limited Admission
A guard will “chaperone” groups of six through the Scuderie del Quirinale’s blockbuster Raphael exhibition By Theresa Machemer SMITHSONIANMAG.COM (thanks Ann M.)MAY 22, 2020 As Italy relaxes its stay-at-home-orders, museums are beginning to reopen with new safety measures that allow visitors … Continue reading
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Apples on display
Just in case everyone doesn’t know, the lovely apples on display as Art of the Month are the work of Ryan Miller’s wife Liisa. She is certainly a gifted artist and I very much appreciate her sharing her work. … Continue reading
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