Andy Warhol’s Fine Christmas Pop Art
December 4, 2009
When people think of famous contemporary artists that comment on Christmas, they always think of musicians. However, there are some great contemporary famous artists who made Christmas-related art. I confess that I discovered by accident that pop artist Andy Warhol made a collection of Christmas artworks, depicting a Christmas sled with presents, Christmas Wreaths, a Christmas Tree, Christmas ornaments, as well as Christmas card designs. He made most of these in the time that he was still a commercial graphic artist, in the late ’50s. And while they can be seen as an extension of that... Read more »
Private Family Collections of Contemporary Art in Miami
December 9, 2008
Art Basel Miami brought again lots of attention to the two major private art collections in Miami, the Margulies Collection and the Rubell Collection. The Margulies Collection | 2008 – 2009 Exhibition The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, Florida, is said to be one of the city’s most stunning private collections. It includes sculpture, photography, video and installations, was curated by his longtime curator, Katherine Hinds. It celebrates a decade of exhibitions and educational programming that explore contemporary art and culture. Currently, during Art Basel Miami Beach... Read more »
Timeline of Art History: United States & Canada, 1900 ad – present
September 5, 2008
List of significant American art, artistic events and influences that mark the last century of American art. ARCHITECTURE 1900 In the design of the Ward W. Willitts House in Highland Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) creates the “Prairie Style,” a modernist aesthetic for architecture and design that complements the Midwestern landscape. DANCE 1903 San Francisco–born expatriate Isadora Duncan (1878–1927) delivers a lecture in Berlin entitled “The Dance of the Future” and is soon hailed in the U.S. and Europe as the founder of modern dance. ART PHOTOGRAPHY 1908... Read more »
Photography as a Fine Art
March 5, 2008
By Matthew Smeal Compared to most art forms, photography is a relative newcomer. Having been around for less than 200 years its place in the art world is still being established. Interestingly, there have been many arguments against photography being considered art, one of which is that the camera is a ‘machine’. However, one must ask if a camera is any more a machine than a musician’s instrument, a sculptor’s chisel or a painter’s brush? Another argument is that because of the nature of photography, endless prints can be made from the one negative. While true, it is for this reason that... Read more »
The Best of Ansel Adams
November 13, 2007
SFMOMA showcases artist Ansel Adams, one of the most influential photographers of all times, in an ongoing multimedia feature on its website.http://www.eArtfair.com/blog Article Copyright 2007 By Astrid Lee, http://www.eArtfair.com/blog – Copyright 2007 The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) honored our beloved photographer Ansel Adams with special exhibit ‘Ansel Adams at 100′ in 2001. The lines in front of the museum were long at that time, the lectures well attended. Everyone went to the show. A little known fact is that SFMOMA created a lasting feature of this show.... Read more »
Ansell Adams – Art from his Secret Closet on Exhibit
November 9, 2007
By eArtfair.com – copyright 2007 The Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC, currently exhibits “Ansel Adams in the East: Cruising the Inland Waterway”. From http://www.eArtfair.com/blog The exhibit shows a series of tiny 5 inch square photo proofs by Ansel Adams that he never intended anyone to see. The small museum is not far from the inland waterway where Adams shot the pictures in 1940. They are taken of a landscape that lacks the majesty of his photographic series of the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite National Park. The works were photographed with a hand-held camera.... Read more »
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