Archive for July, 2011

“The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis” San Jose Museum of Art

Monday, July 25th, 2011

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SFMOMA buys a work by Sol Le Witt

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

I often wonder how work that is this intellectual and non-emotional will hold up. Will the next generation care about it the way we care about Rembrandt and Matisse? I don't find him very interesting myself but I do realize that conceptual art is the flavor of the decade (for some). Yesterday, the San Francisco [...]

Soulful Stitching: Patchwork Quilts by Africans (Siddis) in India at the MoAD

Monday, July 18th, 2011

 My grandmother used to make quilts but nothing like this. These are gorgeous, intricate works of art and if they were painted by men...well, you know the drill. It's only been in the last decade that quilts and other textile works, mostly made by women, have been looked at seriously. Now many are collector's items! [...]

Masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age at the Legion of Honor

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Part four of the series.. http://www.examiner.com/museum-in-san-francisco/masterworks-from-the-dutch-golden-age-at-the-legion-of-honor-sf-part-four-review No tags for this post. Related posts related posts :

Masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age at the Legion of Honor

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

This is the next part in my continuing series on the current exhibit.   Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam), Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh, 1632. Oil on panel, 29 x 22 inches (73.7 x 55.8 cm). The Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection. Image courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Prosperous Dutch Burghers: As the Dutch [...]

Masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age at the Legion of Honor (part two)

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Part two of a continuing series Van van der Heyden (Gorinchem 1637–1712 Amsterdam), View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam, ca. 1667–70. Oil on panel, 21 x 25 1/4 inches (53.5 x 64.2 cm). The Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection http://www.examiner.com/museum-in-san-francisco/masterworks-from-the-dutch-golden-age-at-the-legion-of-honor-part-two-review Tags: Heyden Gorinchem, Otterloo Collectionhttp Related posts related posts :

Masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age at the Legion of Honor

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628/29–1682 Haarlem?), Winter Landscape with Two Windmills, ca. 1675. Oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 17 1/8 inches (38.5 x 43.4 cm). The Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection. Image courtesy Peabody Essex Museum Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo began collecting horse carriages, until they completely filled their New Hampshire barn. [...]

Luis Cancel, Director of the SF Arts Commission, resigns from his post

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Well, heads are rolling at the SF Arts Commission. Dissatisfaction had been building for some time about the behavior of Luis Cansel, the $147,000-a-year head of San Francisco's public arts program.  More at:  http://www.examiner.com/museum-in-san-francisco/luis-cancel-director-of-the-sf-arts-commission-resigns-from-his-post Tags: Luis Cancel, Luis Cansel, San Francisco Related posts Porto Franco Art Parlor (0)

Art from trash

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

  I am horrified by what we are doing to our world. Like a horde of locusts, we are picking the planet clean and one of the worst areas is what is happening to the ocean. The amount of trash that ends up there is staggering - I don't know how large the "floating plastic [...]