Hispanic Heritage Month: Marisol
Central and South American artists who moved to America during the 1900s made important contributions to the evolution of modern art in America, from Minimalism and Op Art to Pop Art and total abstrac ...
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Luis Jiménez
Although often associated with Pop Art because he plumbed myths, stereotypes, and mass media for subject matter, Mexican American artist Luis Jiménez approached his satire from a more critical, ...
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Black History Month: Nick Cave
February 4th was artist Nick Cave’s birthday, so let’s celebrate his art for African American History Month. ...
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A Pioneer Abstract Sculptor: Barbara Hepworth
January 10th was the birthday of one of the great pioneer abstract sculptors of the late 1900s, Barbara Hepworth. Her sculpture has always been a tribute to the materials in which she worked. She ...
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California Bound: Isamu Noguchi
I’m going to California, namely Los Angeles, on vacation to visit dear friends in a couple of weeks. And what artists come to mind when I say “Los Angeles,” you might ask? Well, ...
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American Artists Appreciation Month: Frank Weston Benson and Preston Singletary
My series about August as “American Artist Appreciation Month” continues. Here’s some art on the subject of “fish.” ...
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Lathe and Nature Magic: David Sengel
When I see a work of art that blows me away, I’ve just got to share it with as many people as I possibly can. This work was my “epiphany of the week” that I recently sent to my co-wo ...
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Women's History Month 2017: Beverly Pepper
I think a grossly under-spotlighted artist is Beverly Pepper, so today she is the Women’s History Month featured artist. I love her huge primary structures that are so elegant and simple. I have ...
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What's in a Snake 4: Tony Smith
For the last post in my Snakes in Art series, I’ll take a look at modern sculpture. This is a neutral snake, neither sinister nor benign. Like a piece from 1961, Willy, Snake is Out references c ...
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Not Quite Bedhead, But...
Yesterday I woke up with a terrible case of “bedhead.” My hair seriously looked like it used to in the late 80s when I purposely got it to look that way with a can of Aquanet. That got me ...
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