Art & Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the Modern Age
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
Pride of place in the first room of this exhibition goes to a vast and very odd painting, "The Disruption Portrait", by the 19th-century artist David Octavius Hill. Twenty-three years in the making, it depicts the ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
Almost three years from the date of its closing, the greatly enlarged and revitalized SFMOMA is reopening to almost universal oohs and aahs, with of course, a few negatives among a small handful of naysayers. But don’t count ...
Michael McDonaghSan Francisco,
Appearances are deceiving or are they? When we see something for the first time do we really see it and if so can we see it again as if for the first time? Can beauty be pinned down like ...
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
In 1974 Michael Craig-Martin exhibited an ordinary glass of water on a shelf, the type you normally find in bathrooms, and called it "An Oak Tree." That’s what it was, because that's what he said it ...
Karen WeinsteinLos Angeles,
It is a long story, but Los Angeles was able to permanently woo the Mapplethorpe archive away from his home stomping grounds of New York, mounting an extensive exhibition which has engaged the resources of both LACMA ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
What do Sarah Jessica Parker, Laura Bush, Taylor Swift, Diana Vreeland, HRH Princess Maria-Chantal of Greece, and Rhianna have in common? Dresses and gowns they have worn are exhibited at the de Young Museum’s super-glam show, “Oscar de la Renta: ...
Frances WilsonLondon,
If you visit London’s National Portrait Gallery, you’re likely to bump into some eminent Russian poets, artists, musicians, writers and patrons in addition to the Gallery’s large collection of British portraits.
“Russia and the Arts: The Age of ...
China at the Center: Rare Ricci and Verbiest World Maps
Hidden Gold: Mining its Meaning in Asian Art
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
Two new and fascinating exhibitions are appearing at San Francisco’s distinguished Asian Art Museum, the largest museum in the U. S. devoted exclusively to the arts of Asia. “China at the Center,” brings together two massive, ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
More than 70 works by the illustrious French post-impressionist artist, Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), now on exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum, provide a comprehensive view of the artist’s legacy built over his long and distinguished career. It’s ...
This rather unwieldy show relentlessly drives home the point that "The Birth of Venus" has repercussions in contemporary art.
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
Peter Ustinov once said that if Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) were alive today, he'd be working for "Vogue." You can see what he was driving at. Around 1485, Botticelli painted "The Birth of Venus," which famously shows the goddess ...
