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01
Nov
2009
what is art 1

6 days ago by dillon

How did art begin? What is necessary to call something art? No related posts. No related posts.

Arts & Entertainment - dillonyothers.com · Rank: 73,259 · 7 references

24
Oct
2009
Celebrity Christmas Lecture with Loyd Grossman!

14 days ago by Kathy

Ever wanted to meet TV chef Loyd Grossman?? Now you can! Mr Grossman will be speaking at Hungate Medieval Art’s Christmas Lecture, English Parish Churches – the next 1000 years. Most people will know him as a chef, food writer and television presenter, but Loyd Grossman is also a keen student of med ...

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Upcoming Event: Ely Stained Glass Museum Talk

14 days ago by Kathy

On Thursday 5th November we will be hosting a talk from Susan Matthews MBE, curator of The Stained Glass Museum, Ely. She will be talking about the museum and it’s collections making this a must for any stained glass enthusiasts! The event is taking place at Hungate Medieval Art and will last from 7 ...

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23
Oct
2009
The Artists’ London

15 days ago by Waylon Diablo

The Artists’ London by David Piper

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21
Oct
2009
Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733-1799)

17 days ago by kimmco

The firs t comprehensive exhibition of Luo Ping’s paintings ever presented in America, Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733-1799) on view at Metropolitan Museum of Art , will bring together nearly 60 works, including many Chinese “National Treasures,” by one of the most celebrated painter ...

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18
Oct
2009
Anthony van Dyck (1610)

20 days ago by free2xpress

Nine scraps of paper with sketches of faces of men with beards have been pasted into medallions. These scraps once formed part of a sheet of studies drawn by Anthony van Dyck with black ink. He used these sheets of model drawings in his studio as examples for himself and his pupils. Some of these fa ...

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16
Oct
2009
Welcome to the Dollhouse

23 days ago by kimmco

The most problematic aspect of Janine Antoni’s show , “Up Against” at Luhring Augustine stems from Antoni’s melding of earnestness with cliché subject matter and aesthetics. I fail to see how a bronze gargoyle designed to allow a woman to pee standing up will empower her , but the solemness of Anton ...

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11
Oct
2009
Digging Deeper

28 days ago by kimmco

Permanence is not Urs Fischer’s game. In recent years, the Swiss-born artist has built a full-scale chalet from crumbling loaves of crusty bread, placed a collapsing brick wall on a pile of rotting vegetables and produced life-size female nudes as burning candles. Gaping holes loom just as large. In ...

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28
Sep
2009
The “Nine Worthies” on the Oak Heads Medallions at Stirling Castle?

40 days ago by MAJA

Stirling Castle -2006 - Photo Scotiana.com Mairiuna, here’s an important element for our Scottish studies: Dr Sally Rush, senior lecturer from the History of Art department at Glasgow’s University has found a link between the Nine Worthies and the medallion-shaped Oak profiles adorning the Scottish ...

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25
Sep
2009
Top four city museums in Spain

44 days ago by Kert

Mike Mcdougall asked: Spain, with its myriad of influences and epic history, is a country with a diverse gamut of sights and sounds to offer its 45 million tourists who visit every year. An area where this can be seen in particular is in its museums and galleries, a rich history of art and culture h ...

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