The 20th century’s greatest painter was born in Malaga but came into his own amid the sleaze and bohemianism of Paris – the only city that could have matched his peerless imagination article by Jonathan Jones | The Guardian | 20 February 2015 Pablo Picasso, the greatest artist of the 20th century, was French. Hold on ……
why museums hide masterpieces away
article by Kimberly Bradley | BBC Culture | 23 January 2015 | featured image: Many museums and galleries maintain vast facilities to store works not on public display (picture courtesy of Montel) In major museums around the world, some truly great works of art are hidden away from public view. What are they – and why…
fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo
by Stanley Meisler | LA Times | February 14, 2015 | featured image: Piero di Cosimo’s “The Discovery of Honey,” c. 1500, oil on panel When American millionaires bought paintings by Piero di Cosimo in the late 19th century, almost all the works were attributed to other Italian Renaissance artists. Piero, a painter of Florence during…
indonesian cave art may be world’s oldest
A new study dates these Indonesian handprints to at least 40,000 years old article by Ann Gibbons | 8 October 2014 | Science Magazine | featured image via Independent UK The world’s oldest cave art may not lie in Europe but rather halfway around the globe in Indonesia, according to a new study of the long-known art. But some…
how learning artistic skills alters the brain
New research finds neural changes not only reflecting increased technical capacities, but also enhanced creativity. Article by Tom Jacobs | February 11, 2015 | Pacific Standard Mag Are artists born, or made? At the end of Woody Allen’s great comedy Bullets Over Broadway, the John Cusack character concludes that, in spite of his desire and effort,…
the magic in twilight
‘Water and Shadow’ at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts engenders a renewed appreciation for the emotional range printmakers can achieve. article by LEE LAWRENCE | via Wall Street Journal Water and Shadow: Kawase Hasui and Japanese Landscape Prints Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Through March 29 An island silhouetted in the moonlight, yellow grasses drying…
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