The Story Behind The Scream
You've probably heard by now that Edvard Munch's The Scream will be on view at The Museum of Modern Art for a period of six months beginning October 24, 2012. This, as they say, is a big deal and...
View ArticleNew in September
What do you do when inspiration won't show up, and you're forced to hunt it down? My September was filled with a large project, a work that defied all attempts to get the composition right. Sketch,...
View ArticleGuess the Artist
Your clues this week are: The artist was born where Samuel L. Clemens grew up, but was raised in Chicago. The artist studied in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts during the heyday of the French...
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Your clues this week are: The artist was born in Copenhagen (or, if you prefer, København) in the same year that the Russians "cleansed" the Northwest Caucasus of native Circassian tribes. Profoundly...
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Your clues this week are: The artist was born to a Czech father in a large, Eastern European city during the 31 years that it existed as a city-state, sandwiched between two bouts of belonging to...
View ArticleHave You Met MetPublications Yet?
On October 11, 2012, The Metropolitan Museum of Art launched MetPublications, a new online portal dedicated to distributing The Museum's rich publishing history. An amazing 643 exhibition and...
View ArticleGuess the Artist
Your clues this week are deliberately short: This is an early work. It was painted in the 19th-century. You know who the artist is. And The sitter is connected to the least complicated relationship...
View ArticleMalcolm D. MacDougall III: Parallel Worlds (Updated)
As everyone on Earth probably knows by now, the US Eastern Seaboard was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. I feel comfortable speaking for my readers in saying we hold all of those affected in our...
View ArticleOctober Treats
It is Halloween and I am costumed as that famous painting Functionally Literate Middle-Aged Woman with Bad Hairdo. Since you cannot ring my doorbell for your share of the Fun Size Kit Kats (don't worry...
View ArticleGuess the Artist
Your clues this week are: The artist worked as a manuscript illuminator and panel painter during the Early Italian Renaissance. Giorgio Vasari, fount of suspect information, claimed the artist trained...
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