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Mot du Jour: “Aquatint”
An aquatint is a type of etching that mimics the appearance of watercolor and ink washes through the use of a tone process. The technique is used to create shaded areas that range from light to dark and is most common in landscapes, portraits, and figure studies to give a sense of depth and realism. The […]
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Tags: aquatint, etching, Goya, John James Audubon, mot du jour
by Emily Waldorf The characters in Jane Austen’s brilliant novels inhabit your imagination indefinitely once you have had the pleasure of reading about their hopes and desires. Who hasn’t encountered an overly passionate Marianne Dashwood or dashing but unreliable John Willoughby? Austen’s genius talent for social satire, despite being firmly planted in the world of […]
Filed under: books, education, film, museums, New York | 7 Comments
Tags: "A Woman's Wit", Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen, Jane Austen: A Life, Morgan Library, New York, Pride & Prejudice, Reflections on Austen, Sense & Sensibility, The Divine Jane
A trip to Jerusalem is not complete without a visit to the Israel Museum, the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel. The museum was founded in 1965 and houses over 500,000 biblical and Holy Land archeological objects, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and a fascinating Second Temple Era model of Jerusalem. The most […]
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Tags: art, Billy Rose Art Garden, Israel, Israel Museum, museums, sculpture
Downtown Los Angeles Art Tour
On September 24th, I led a diverse group of women on an art tour in downtown Los Angeles. The field trip started out with a visit to artist Kori Newkirk‘s studio, where he discussed his trajectory as an artist, his creative process, the inspiration behind the materials he uses, and his current work. Our next […]
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Tags: art tour, artist studio, Claes Oldenburg, cultural field trip, custom, Donald Judd, Jackson Pollock, Kori Newkirk, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art tour, Mark Rothko, MOCA, Robert Rauschenberg, visits
Summer School: Chinese Art Books
By Emily Waldorf If you are an art history student or simply an aficionado of Chinese art, there is no time like the present to brush up on the basics, particularly in the area of Chinese painting, where memorizing the rich history, artist names, and iconic scroll paintings is crucial for a more critical understanding. […]
Filed under: Asian Art, books, collecting, decoration, education, Uncategorized | 8 Comments
Tags: Art and China's Revolution, Asia Society, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese paintings, David Sensabaugh, how to read Chinese paintings, Maxwell K. Hearn, Melissa Chiu, The Last Emperor's Collection, Willow Chang, Yang Renkai, Zheng Shengtian
By Emily Waldorf Did you know that you can get into Los Angeles museums for free on certain days? Mike Boehm wrote the definitive guide in The Los Angeles Times, that breaks it all down for the budget conscious culture-seeker. Hammer Museum is free on Thursdays Huntington Museum, Library, and Botanical Gardens are free the first […]
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Tags: entry, Fisher Museum, free, Getty Museum, Getty Villa, Huntington Gardens, Huntington Library, Huntington Museum, LACMA, museum, Museum of Latin American Art, Norton Simon, Orange County Museum of Art, recessionista, USC
By Emily Waldorf In Ron Winslow’s article, In Search of the Science Behind the Healing Powers of Art, in the Wall Street Journal, he examines the inspiring story of heart transplant patient Julia Strecher, who started to write poems and stories to relieve her pain as well as violent nightmares that she was having a heart […]
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Tags: American Art Therapy Association, Art for Healing Foundation, art therapy, Foundation for Art and Healing, International Art Therapy, Survivors Art Foundation
By Meg Emmitt Ahhhh the GMB… so much to say about this espectaculo and I feel so conflicted over the subject! Without a doubt, the building is something special. It literally radiates… The titanium glistens like a rare gem. Its like seeing a HUGE celebrity and not being able to divert your gaze (which happened to […]
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Tags: Basque, Bilbao, Bono, Cai Guo-Qiang, celeb, GMB, Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Meg Emmitt, Museo de Belles Artes, Patricia Gonzalez, U2
by Emily Waldorf There is much urban lore about the ambitious and creative women who choose to work in the art world. Charlotte York of Sex and the City fame first incarnated the archetype and it was further developed by Danielle Ganek’s loveable gallerina protagonist in her novel Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him. What happens […]
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Tags: art world, Charlotte York, Christie's, Danielle Ganek, Emily Evans Eerdmans, how to find an art job, hunting, job, Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him, Sotheby's
By Emily Waldorf On May 7th, I organized my latest cultural field trip to Culver City called “Women in Art,” with a focus on female-run art ventures. We started the field trip at uber talented floral designer Holly Vesecky’s fascinating studio, followed by a walkthrough with Mary Leigh Cherry of Cherry + Martin‘s inaugural group exhibition in […]
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Tags: art field trip, Beacon, Cherry + Martin, Chris Oliveira, cultural field trip, Culver City, Holly Flora, LAXART, Los Angeles, Taylor de Cordoba