Rauschenberg: The Unrivaled Giant of American Art
“Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was THE giant. I call him the American Picasso.” - Jerry Saltz
Circle of Willis: Brain’s Natural Blood Flow Backup
The Circle of Willis is a ring of arteries at the brain’s base that acts like a natural backup system. If one artery gets blocked, it reroutes blood to keep the brain safe. This structure shows how intricate our brain’s blood...
Artistic Rebirth: Leaving Church, Embracing a New Self
An exquisite jewel from confessional-visionary artist crudecanvases #AshleyBradleyThomas I askws her about this one. Among other things she said “This painting is about my separation from the church and god. About me almost being reborn again as I move...
From Naps to No Naps: Reflecting on Sleep Habits
I used to take naps. I have not taken a nap or felt the need to in decades. I forgot about them, I think. Do you nap? What are your nap habits? What do they do for...
Check Your Hearing Early with Dr. Rufina Yakubov
What a great healer, Doctor Rufina Yakubov fifthavenuehearing an audiologist who helps many of us participate and bask in the aural landscape that is life. Check your hearing. Please. Many put this off and begin to do real neurological...
Sally Webster’s Mystical Detritus
Good morning from the mystical visions of detritus and other baryonic matter of #SallyWebster as seen at the studio-gallery-home of rbwntrs Posted on @raymondfoye and robertgoldmanbobbyg
From Czarist Russia to Civil Rights: Rebel Photography Saga
With one of the greatest living photographers, dannylyonphotos2 on the occasion of his latest book, “The Rebel’s Scrapbook.” It is a saga of political radicalism that begins in Czarist Russia and extends into the U.S. civil rights struggles. @dashwood_books
Carol Bove's Guggenheim Show: Grand Scale
I am a big longtime fan of Carol Bove’s work. Her show at the @Guggenheim is maybe too large but formally stunning. But here are a few similarities by @artbutmakeitsports -
Tribeca Premiere Highlights Art's Life‑Saving Power
We are so proud to say our documentary “The House of Criticism; A Love Story” is premiering at @tribeca on Friday, June 12 at Angelica Theater on Houston and Mercer Street. Directed by @voyeur_films Alison Chernick - who aka...
Dive Into the Lost 1990s Avant‑Garde Art Experience
Please please come to this mad lecture on “My Lost Art World of the 1990a.” This is the Avant Guard that Lost by Winning so Spectacularly.” I will fire up the old slide projector, showing over 100 images. We will laugh;...
1990s Avant‑Guard Collapse: From Recession to Decadence
Welcome to my Lost Art World of the 1990s. The Avant Guard that Lost by Winning so Spectacularly. It started with no money and recession which leveled the playing field. Artists and galleries - and a 40-year old...
Joe Bradley’s Paradoxical Canvases Blend Familiar and Unsettling
Painter Joe Bradley makes some of the most guilefully guileless marks and surfaces and compositions. The first time I saw his then-geometric assemblage “Robot” paintings I did not like them. Since then, I always have to ask myself...
Morning View Under Brooklyn Bridge, 1918 Snapshot
Good morning from “Under the Brooklyn Bridge;” by Eugene de Salignac; 1918 ▫️▫️▫️ From _RabihAlameddine on Blue Sky
1917 Artists Declare Greenwich Village Independent Republic
1917, WITH WWI RAGING IN EUROPE, Marcel Duchamp, John Sloan & others broke into NYC’s Washington Square Arch, climbed to top, & declared Greenwich Village an independent republic— as memorialized in Sloan’s “Arch Conspirators.” Second image is Duchamp. From mlobelart
Jamie Luoto Fuses Gothic Pin‑Ups with Freudian Surrealism
Good morning from @jamie_luoto - a woman who is trying to meld the illustrational, the figurative, calendar art, pin-ups, the gothic and horror, with an under win of Freudian surrealism and self-consciousness.