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Wolfgang Paalen
Another great painting from the Guggenheim reinstallation is Wolfgang Paalen's Fumage. Paalen's smoke paintings were made by passing a lit candle over the canvas essentially embedding the smoke into...
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Melissa Brown at Derek Eller
Roger Brown is revisited with Melissa Brown's recent work at Derek Eller. Painted on both sides of the aluminum panels, Brown's landscape evoke the Chicago Imagists urban environments and decorative...
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Jennifer Bartlett at the Met
Thank you Anonymous donor, these Jennifer Bartlett at the Met just keep on giving.Jennifer Bartlett, Seven A.M., 1991-92, Oil paint and oil pastel on canvasdetail, Jennifer Bartlettdetail, Jennifer...
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National Museum in Tokyo
I'm looking at a lot of Ukiyo-e style prints while studying the Mokahunga tradition. I'll share some of my favorites over the next week or two.Old Tales of Wisdom, Benevolence, and Valor: Shitakiri...
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Drawings - Women's Hair Styles
The National Museum has a number of collections on view. These are drawings of women's hairstyles in Kyoto, these drawings date to 1913.
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More Collection Drawings - Armour, Laquer boxes and Sweets
The collection room was really my favorite at the National Museum. Here are images of Armor for the Horyuji Temple, pages from the encyclopedia of lacquered boxes, and designs for sweets.Drawings of...
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N.S. Harsha at Mori Art Museum
The Mori Art Museum exhibition of N.S. Harsha is his first mid-career exhibition. His early large paintings using repetitive figures are the most compelling of the works. At first glance the...
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Sato Naoki at 3331 Arts Chiyoda
Sato Naoki's installation of drawings at 3331 Arts Chiyoda"Unexplored Tokyo: There, It Has Grown" featured rooms full of charcoal on panel drawings. Channeling Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O'Keefe and...
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Hair and Glove models from the Tokyo National Museum
Here are a few more collections on view at the National Museum in Tokyo.Models of Women's Hair Styles, Edo Period, 19th cModel for Wrapping Cords on Archer's Gloves, Edo Period, 19th c.
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Illustrations Katsushika Hokusai
The Model Book of Pipes and Combs was illustrated by the great Katsushika Hokusai. As with the other collections these objects and books served as instruction manuals for the craftsman. Design Models...
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Matisse: Redux
I’m a little early on the dog days of summer, but it's really hot and a good time to look back on the past twelve months. Today is the first in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via web...
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Art Basel: Katherine Bradford: redux
I’m a little early on the dog days of summer, but it's really hot and a good time to look back on the past twelve months. Today is the second in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via...
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Portraits - Napoleon: redux
I’m a little early on the dog days of summer, but it's really hot and a good time to look back on the past twelve months. Today is the third in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via web...
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Alice Neel: Portraits: redux
I’m a little early on the dog days of summer, but it's really hot and a good time to look back on the past twelve months. Today is the fourth in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via...
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Portraits - Louis XIV: redux
I’m a little early on the dog days of summer, but it's really hot and a good time to look back on the past twelve months. Today is the last in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via web...
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Nikki Maloof, After Midnight: redux
Today is the fifth in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via web traffic) this year.Nikki Maloof's fresh bright palette reminds me of Alex Katz and Dana Schutz although the paintings...
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Portraits - George Washington: redux
Today is the sixth in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via web traffic) this year.Gilbert Stuart's unfinished 1796 portrait of George Washington was used for the presidents image on...
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Paul Kneale at the Rubell Collection: redux
Today is the seventh in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via web traffic) this year.Paul Kneale, a Canadian artist living in London, manipulates scanners to create paintings. Multiple...
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Adrian Ghenie at Pace: redux
Today is the eighth in the ten part series reviewing the top blog posts (via web traffic) this year.Adrian Ghenie has new paintings at Pace. It's hard not to get absorbed in the smear of paint that he...
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Art Basel: Yuskavage and Rauch: Redux
Today is the last in the series reviewing the top blog posts (via web traffic) this year. Here are a few more examples of figurative paintings at Art Basel.Lisa Yuskavagedetail, Lisa YuskavageNeo Rauch
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