Artist Birthday: Barbara Chase-Riboud
The tradition of African American women sculptors goes all the way back to the 1800s with Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907), continues through the Harlem Renaissance in the person of Augusta Savage (189 ...
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Artist Birthday: Raymond Pettibon
Art history is full of examples of the cultural preoccupation with the use of written language within the visual arts field—from illustrated scrolls of ancient Egypt to the Pop Art obsession wit ...
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World Bicycle Day: Josef Müller-Brockmann
Starting in the late 1800s, posters began to be designed by fine artists, and what ensued what has been called the Poster Renaissance. After World War II, Swiss artists developed the International Typ ...
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National Poetry Month: Sōtatsu Tawaraya and Hon'ami Koetsu
I’ve posted previously about how poetry can be a visual art form when in the hands of a great calligrapher. I am not ashamed to repeat that assertion with this beautiful example of calligraphy c ...
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Artist Birthday: Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg believed that art should literally be made of the ordinary world. His theory was that the reality of art would replace everyday reality. An important early work was The Street (1960). ...
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Jewish American Heritage Month 2024
May was proclaimed Jewish American Heritage Month in 2006 to celebrate 350 years of Jewish contributions to American history and culture. To celebrate Jewish contributions to American art, this week I ...
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National Poetry Month: Tang Yin
April is National Poetry Month in the United States. This celebration of literary pursuits was begun by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. The celebration encourages anyone connected with bo ...
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It's Still Autumn: Noguchi Shōhin
It may feel like winter, but technically it’s still autumn until the 21st of December. I like nothing better than celebrating autumn—my favorite season in New England—with an artist ...
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Pride Month 2021 I: Martin Wong
We end Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and begin LGBTQI+ Pride Month with a wonderful, gentle soul. Martin Wong was part of the vibrant art community in the East Village of New York ...
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African American History Month: Martin Puryear and Margo Humphrey
Contemporary African American artists use diverse techniques, ideas, and the history of African Americans in works of art that speak in new and exciting ways, including these works from the 1980s and ...
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