MetaForms and MetaNudes etcetera, by author JD SAGE, was written as an art piece to document and address the use of transformations, numbers, symbols and the element of time in art. AUDIENCE Educated laypersons interested in art history, the application of mathematics to art and how the arts and sciences interface. Computer artists. Scientists and mathematicians with an…
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9 things you didn’t know about Wassily Kandinsky
December 16th was the birthday of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, a man whose abstract art made history in the 20th century and whose name continues to stump English speakers long after his death. In honor of Vah-SEEL-ee Kahn-DIN-skee’s big day, Katherine Brooks of The Huntington Post collected some of the more interesting facts from his…
dulwich picture gallery challenges art lovers to spot the fake
London gallery will hang replica by Chinese studio alongside genuine Old Masters and ask public to guess odd one out {via The Guardian, Maev Kennedy, Monday 12 January 2015} The Dulwich picture gallery is to set the public, and any art critics with the nerve, a potentially mortifying challenge. A £120 replica of a priceless painting,…
why bill gates is commissioning fine art
Each year, about 6 million people die from diseases that are preventable with vaccines. And about 1 in 5 children around the world don’t have access to life-saving vaccines. But those are cold and dry statistics. {article by Susan Brink, NPR} The Art of Saving A Life enlisted more than 30 artists to create images…
doctors enlist paintings to hone skills
More physicians are offering a different perspective on paintings by ‘diagnosing’ pieces of art. Article by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 31, 2014. When it comes to art, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And so, apparently, is a medical diagnosis. Rheumatologist Sara E. Walker spent her life doing research on and treating…
the mirror man: an interview with douglas gordon
The Scottish artist is flooding New York’s Park Avenue Armory to create a giant looking-glass surrounding the pianist Hélène Grimaud By Louisa Buck. Features, Issue 263, December 2014, Published online: 10 December 2014 {post via The Art Newspaper}, featured image: An installation view of tears become… streams become… at the Park Avenue Armory. Photo by James Ewing….
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