Archive for August, 2009
Frescoes 101
by Emily Waldorf In light of the fascinating current Pompeii exhibition at LACMA, Pompeii and the Roman Villa, I thought it would be interesting to delve into frescoes. Many people know what frescoes look like but few know how they are made. There is a common misconception that frescoes are made with oil-based paint when […]
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Tags: buon fresco, Christopher Knight, frescoes, houses, LACMA, lime mortar, Los Angeles Times, murals, Pompeii, Pompeii and the Roman Villa, Pompeii brothels, review, Roman Art, Westside
Previously published on ForYourArt.com by Emily Waldorf After taking in European 18th century painters at the Wallace Collection and Impressionist and Modern masters at the Courtauld Gallery, walking into the Saatchi Gallery’s current exhibition, Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, is a breath of fresh air. Housed in the Duke of York’s building on the […]
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Tags: Aaron Young, Abstract America, Agathe Snow, Amanda Ross-Ho, American Abstraction, Amy Sillman, Chelsea, Courtauld Gallery, Dan Walsh, Elizabeth Neel, Guerra de la Paz, Jedediah Caesar, King's Road, Mark Grotjahn, Phillips de Pury, Saatchi Gallery, Sterling Ruby, Wallace Collection
Iranians Shine, Assisted by Expatriate Art Dealer (NY Times) In the Hamptons, A Painting Season and More (NY Times) Creative Views of the Muslim Head Scarf (NY Times) A Gift for Every State: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (WSJ) Madoff Investor’s Art Dealer Got $26.5 Million in Rothko Sale (Bloomberg) Behind Michael Govan’s Almost […]
Filed under: art charity, art market, celebs, collecting, contemporary art, dealers, fashion, galleries, Los Angeles, museums, New York | 4 Comments
Tags: Angelina Jolie, art dealer, art museum, ArtCRUSH, Arts Alliance, Aspen, Aspen Art Museum, Beverly Hills, Daniel Edwards, David Lynch, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Eli Broad, expatriate, Hamptons, health care, invrstor, Iranian art, LACMA, Madoff, muslim head scarf, party pics, Rothko
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.783125&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] T. C Boyle sat down with the editor of the The New York Times Book Review, Sam Tanenhaus, to discuss “The Women,” his new novel about Frank Lloyd Wright, told from the point of view of the women who loved him. Mr. Boyle has authored more than twenty works of fiction and lives […]
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Tags: architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright house, love life, Montecito, New York Times book review, Sam Tanenhaus, T. C. Boyle, The Women, women
At Louvre Many Stop to Snap but Few Stay to Focus (NY Times) For Annie Leibovitz, a Funny Financial Picture (NY Times) Auction Houses and Their Taboos (NY Times) Summer Reading: Secrets of the Art Experts (WSJ) Whose Art Is It Anyway? (WSJ) D’Orsay Comes to De Young (ARTINFO) Robert Fontenot on Recycling LACMA (ARTINFO) […]
Filed under: art market, Asian Art, auctions, books, collecting, contemporary art, New York, old masters, Paris, party pics, photography | Leave a Comment
Tags: Ai Wei Wei, Annie Leibovitz, art experts, auction houses, d'Orsay, de Young, Goering, London, Louvre, Mori Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, nazi looted art, Paris, San Francisco, taboos, Titian, Wikipedia