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By Laura Gatewood Last March The Getty Center announced the purchase of a rarely seen Post-Impressionist painting, Paul Gauguin’s Arii Matamoe. Gauguin painted the work in 1892, a year after traveling to his beloved Tahiti. The subject of the painting, which depicts the severed head of a Polynesian man laid out for ceremonial mourning, has […]
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Amei Wallach discusses the joys and challenges of filming Louise Bourgeois in ARTINFO’s fascinating interview about her new documentary film, “The Spider, The Mistress, and the Tangerine,” co-directed with Marion Cajori. The film features insight from critics/curators Robert Storr and Deborah Wye, and Ms. Bourgeois’ longtime assistant, Jerry Gorovoy.
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Tags: Deborah Wye, documentary film, Jerry Gorovoy, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Storr
Holland Cotter wrote a delicious review of Louise Bourgeois, currently at the Guggenheim through September 28, 2008. Bourgeois, 97, was born in Paris and lives in New York. While her work has been associated with the major movements of the 20th century, she has remained faithful to a style uniquely her own in the face of […]
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Tags: Guggenheim, Holland Cotter, Louise Bourgeois, Modern sculpture
Peter Schjeldahl, weekly art columnist for The New Yorker and contemporary post-modern poet has just published an exciting collection of essays titled, Let’s See: Writings on Art from the New Yorker. Schjeldahl is one of America’s most influential art critics, covering a diverse range of subjects from the Renaissance to the cutting edge contemporary, bringing to […]
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