Oct 18th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
An exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum is looking at Impressionism in a new light.
Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper is the first major exhibition to explore the drawings of famous Impressionists. Previous exhibitions have always focused on their paintings, such as Renoir's Bathers with Crab, which is also part of the show and appears here in this photo courtesy Moira Burke.
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Milwaukee Art Museum opens major exhibition on Impressionism
Oct 18th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
An exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum is looking at Impressionism in a new light.
Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper is the first major exhibition to explore the drawings of famous Impressionists. Previous exhibitions have always focused on their paintings, such as Renoir's Bathers with Crab, which is also part of the show and appears here in this photo courtesy Moira Burke.
The ...Exhibit at Austrian Cultural Forum in New York gives a new perspective on beauty
Oct 11th, 2011 at 4:30PM: The Austrian Cultural Forum in New York is currently hosting Beauty Contest, an exhibit featuring 20 international artists focusing their work on their interpretation of beauty. Some of the artists call upon their own experiences being a gay/lesbian, transgendered, or exhibitionist living in eastern Europe, while others comment on beauty's evolution in terms of society. Visitors can expect these ...Paris: where Picasso got his inspiration
Jul 2nd, 2011 at 10:00AM: Sometimes stereotypes live up to expectations. Paris has long been known as a city of artists, where aspiring painters/poets/writers go to light the spark of creativity that will make them famous. Of course most of them fail, but some succeed, and that feeds the legend. Pablo Picasso was one of the success stories.
Picasso went to Paris in 1900, when he he was 19, unknown, and striving to find ...Vorticism: avant-garde art at the Tate Britain, London
Jun 15th, 2011 at 1:00PM: In the years before the outbreak of World War One, European artists developed a variety of different styles to reflect the pace of change and industrialization in what used to be a traditional continent.
Cubism and Futurism were two of the biggest movements. One of the briefest and most vibrant was Vorticism. The Vorticists started around 1913 and focused on the hard lines and quick pace of the ...Travel sketches from BBC's Tim Baynes draw on a lifetime of travel
May 17th, 2011 at 3:00PM:
One of our favorite new travel blogs this year is from none other than the venerable news organization, the BBC. One of BBC The Passport's regular features is "Drawing from Experience" with sketches from Tim Baynes. Baynes' drawings are an assortment of postcard-perfect scenes, witty observations, and random sketches from his travels around the world and commuting in London. Like many other ...US map of stereotypes
Apr 11th, 2011 at 9:15AM:
We here at Gadling love maps and infographics, so we're enjoying this tongue-in-cheek US map of stereotypes, ranging from "rainy hipsters" in the Northwest, to "old peeps" down in Florida by blogger and artist Haley Nahman. We're a bit puzzled over some of the stereotypes such as the "fashion bloggers" in the Carolinas, but can't argue with the "mountains and meadows and maybe some animals" in ...Giant yellow teddy bear bound for New York City
Apr 6th, 2011 at 12:05PM:
Visitors to New York City this spring should be on the lookout for a new landmark: a giant yellow teddy bear, bronzed and 23 feet high. The 35,000 pound untitled (Lamp/Bear) sculpture was created by New York-based Swiss artist Urs Fischer, one of three made in 2005/2006. The button-eyed bear sits against a lamp, which turns on above the bear's head to keep him lit at night.
The behemoth bear ...Warsaw, Poland: an up-and-coming European museum destination
Mar 16th, 2011 at 9:30AM:
As an EU member with a good exchange rate and low prices, Poland is becoming a popular tourist destination in Eastern Europe. Most of the love goes to Krakow, with its original architecture and "new Prague" charm, but capital city Warsaw has plenty to offer as a European museum destination. While much of the old town was leveled in World War II, the restorations have been painstakingly done and ...Already sick of the Royal Wedding? There's a barf bag for that!
Feb 19th, 2011 at 10:00AM: I don't know about you, but I'm already sick of the royal wedding. Something about hard-drinking aristocrats getting married on television while the peasants gawp upsets just about every sense of justice and decorum I have.
It seems I'm not alone. British artist Lydia Leith has designed a Royal Wedding Sick Bag. The Brits are generally understated in their language, so they say "sick" instead ...Artist plans exhibition at the summit of Everest
Dec 19th, 2010 at 8:00AM: The Louvre, the Met, and the Hermitage. Without a doubt, three of the most prestigious art galleries in all the world. But if 78-year old artist Ranan Lurie gets his way, you can soon add the summit of Mt. Everest to that list.
Lurie has announced plans to place three acrylic-on-canvas works of art on the 29,029-foot peak. These small pieces are a part of a much larger project consisting of ...Eerie underwater sculpture finished in Caribbean
Nov 1st, 2010 at 2:00PM:
If you go diving off Isla Mujeres near Cancun, Mexico, you'll see more than the usual coral reefs and colorful tropical fish. You'll see a ghostly crowd of people standing on the bottom of the sea.
Silent Evolution is the creation of Jason de Caires Taylor, who specializes in underwater sculptures cast from real people. Taylor uses inert, PH-neutral concrete that doesn't pollute the water. ...iheart the Roger Smith Hotel: art salon arrives in Manhattan
Oct 25th, 2010 at 8:00AM:
I would not have been surprised to find the likes of Denis Diderot and Jean-Jacques Rousseau sitting across from me Friday night. Reviving a concept only too scarce since the end of the eighteenth century, the Roger Smith Hotel was host to a dinner that centered on the exchange of ideas and the appreciation of art. The creators themselves were in attendance, flanked by friends, admirers and even ...Denali National Park seeks artist in residence
Oct 24th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Are you an aspiring artist looking for some inspiration? Do you enjoy the great outdoors and have a desire to paint spectacular landscapes? Then Denali National Park has an opportunity for you. The park is now taking applications for its artist in residence program, seeking qualified artists to visit during the summer of 2011.
Each of the residency programs is ten days in length and comes with ...Buddha and Picasso at the British Museum
Oct 14th, 2010 at 10:30AM: The Fall season has started at London's British Museum with two excellent free exhibitions.
Images and sacred texts: Buddhism across Asia starts today. It covers Buddhist art and sacred literature from Sri Lanka to Japan and explains the core beliefs of what can be a difficult religion to understand. The artifacts are from the museum's permanent collection--one of the biggest in the world--and ...Chinese artist creates sculptures from suitcases
Sep 15th, 2010 at 10:00AM: Ever packed so much in your suitcase that it felt like you were carrying around a whole city? Apparently you're not the only one. Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen had a similar feeling during her recent travels and decided to turn it into art. Xiuzhen has recently been using suitcases and discarded travel clothing to recreate miniature model cities in a project she calls "Portable Cities."
The idea ...Photo of the Day (05.31.10)
May 31st, 2010 at 6:30PM:
I'm not one to spend my tourist dollars on street performers and schlock like grains of rice with my name printed on them. But I've always kind of been amused by the street artists who draw portraits of eager travelers looking for a customized souvenir to take home. I was always partial to caricatures. Maybe it's because the genre really seemed to peak in the 1980s (which would explain why 88% ...Hidden Gem: New York's temporary art gallery
Mar 15th, 2010 at 1:30PM: I can't tell you how long the art gallery at 25 Central Park West will be there: even the organizers don't know. But, it's worth checking the group's website if you plan to pass through Manhattan in the next month (or longer, we hope) to make sure the project is still going on. There's always something amazing happening at this vacant retail space.
tweetmeme_url = ...Daily Pampering: An evening in Paris with Lucian Freud
Mar 3rd, 2010 at 4:00PM: Is there any greater luxury than art? Nothing compares to dropping several million dollars on a single canvas, arranging to have it shipped home and having it suspended from your wall. Beyond an aesthetic decision or an investment, it's also a reminder of a trip that will stay with you forever. So, if you're planning an art-related trip, Paris needs to be on your mind. Though Lucian Freud failed ...Swinging new art exhibit comes to Vienna Museum
Mar 2nd, 2010 at 1:00PM: If you want to see one of Gustav Klimt's pieces, you'll need to cross through a world that may make you uncomfortable ... and you'll probably need partner. Haven't figured it out yet? The Secession, a contemporary art museum in downtown Vienna, has plopped a swingers club between the museum and the Klimt – part of a project by Christoph Buechel, an artist from Switzerland. During the day, ...Art Basel in Miami to get art market's pulse
Nov 26th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Next week, while shoppers will be dashing in and out of stores -- and caving to the pressures of the holiday season -- the art community will be feeling its own anxiety. Art Basel in Miami Beach, the top art show in the United States, kicks off on December 3, 2009. This event, the U.S. version of Switzerland's Art Basel show, will bring more than 250 art galleries from around the world, showing ...
