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 ...
Mary NguyenLondon,
Vogue 100: A Century of Style has just opened at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and it takes us back in time and shows us how this internationally renowned fashion magazine has got to where it has today. The way ...
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
You get a good idea of the esteem in which Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) was held by later French painters from a small Cézanne, fittingly titled "The Apotheosis of Delacroix." It shows the older artist being borne heavenward by angels, one ...
Appreciating the range of this modern, social documentary photographer
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) was a photographer primarily known for his widely-circulated 1983 book, “A Vanished World,” which contains evocative black and white photographs of Eastern European Jews on the eve of World War II. Yet the breadth and ...
Artists and Their Responses to Technology 1966-2016
Mary NguyenLondon,
Nowadays it's hard to find anyone who will say that they don't like the internet. Just think about how much has been achieved because of it. "Electronic Superhighway" is a new exhibition currently showing at the ...
By Elisa Lipsky-Karasz. Photos by Adrian Gaut.
courtesy of Wall Street Journal Magazine
Elisa Lipsky-KaraszNew York,
A blustery dusk falls over New York’s Fifth Avenue as the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes for the night. Visitors file down the imposing stone steps, pausing to watch ...
Emily S. MendelCA,
Berkeley, California, a small city with a big reputation, is famous for its branch of the University of California, with its high academic achievement, as well as its liberal politics, free speech movement and its sophisticated performing and visual arts.
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Frances WilsonLondon,
In the great panoramic panels of water lilies which Claude Monet painted in the final years of his life, one has the sense of an artist who was so familiar with his subject matter that the creation of these arresting ...
![Sisters Marion, Renate, and Karen Gumprecht, refugees assisted by the National Refugee Service (NRS) and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), shortly after their arrival in the United States, Central Park, New York], 1941](https://culturevulture.net/wp-content/plugins/mindshare-api-master/lib/mthumb.php?src=https://culturevulture.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/21_RomanVishniac-Sisters.jpg&w=200&h=200&q=90&a=c&zc=1&f=&s=0&cc=&ct=1 "Sisters Marion, Renate, and Karen Gumprecht, refugees assisted by the National Refugee Service (NRS) and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), shortly after their arrival in the United States, Central Park, New York], 1941")
