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Art-tober: René Magritte (The Real and the Aria Interpretation)
The Belgian Surrealist René Magritte (1898-1967) is referenced frequently in pop culture: you’ve got the 1999 re-make of The Thomas Crown Affair, the turkey with bowler hat against a baby-blue sky with...
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Art-tober: Richard MacDonald. Plus, Bernini’s Curls.
Richard MacDonald is a sculptor born in the 1940s in California. Many of his works were on display (and for sale; sadly I had no small bills *smirk*) at the Bellagio in August. The placard had the...
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Art-ober: Bad Girls
a.) Malle Babbe. Frans Hals (Dutch) 1633-1635. Oil on canvas. Berlin. From the golden age of the Netherlands, this genre painting of a crone is also known as The Witch of Haarlem and Hille Bobbe....
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Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Study Art History
a.) ‘Cause they’ll never find a job. No, really. Here’s what happens: there are a billiondy art history majors. Some of them will go on to pursue doctorates in something actually useful. The rest of...
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Your Daily Dose of Americana: July Fourth Edition
Lily Martin Spencer, Kiss Me and You’ll Kiss the ‘Lasses. 1856. Brooklyn Museum. In general, I find myself fascinated by the idea of American identity. I’m an American, after all, so engaging in the...
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Art-tober: Ghost Clock
“The past is never dead. It isn’t even past.” William Faulkner This is not a clock. This is not a grandfather clock, covered with a dust cloth. This is a sculpture, made of wood, towering over 7 feet...
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Art-tober: Sita and Sarita
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was an American portrait painter whose works are often compared to her contemporaries John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, and Mary Cassatt. Beaux’s work was far more...
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Groundhog Day (Damn Shadow)
This morning, the rodent has seen his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. Had the groundhog peeped his head above ground in Indianapolis this morning, he would not have seen his shadow, yet...
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Corn Wall. (But no, not *that* Cornwall.)
The distance between Cornwall, United Kingdom and Indianapolis, Indiana is 3,835 miles. Australia, Jamaica, and Canada all have places named Cornwall. The states of New York and Vermont both have...
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When the Frost is on the Punkin
“For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?” John Steinbeck In honor of Autumn, October, and Halloween, I’ve been re-reading John...
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