Take Five: A Brief History of John Baldessari

Take Five: A Brief History of John Baldessari

John Baldessari, I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, 1971, lithograph, 22 3/8" x 29 9/16", Museum of Modern Art, New York, Photo by …

 

The Met Kouros: Naked Nudie

The Met Kouros: Naked Nudie

Marble Statue of a kouros (youth), c. 590-580 BCE, marble, 76⅝” h, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Photo by ancientartpodcost.org, Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution …

 

Just a Second: Pictorialist Photography

Just a Second: Pictorialist Photography

Gertrude Käsebier, Blessed Art Thou among Women, 1899, platinum print, 9/1/16" x 5 3/16", Metropilitan Museum of Art, New York, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Public Domain …

 

Albert Bierstadt: From Sea to Shining Sea

Albert Bierstadt: From Sea to Shining Sea

Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863, oil on canvas, 73.5" x 120.7", The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Public Domain via Wikimedia …

 

In Their Own Words: Georges Braque

In Their Own Words: Georges Braque

Georges Braque, Still Life with Violin, 1913, oil on canvas and paper, 36 1/2" x 26", Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Photo by C …

 

Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”: On Sale Now!

Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”: On Sale Now!

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893, crayon and tempera on cardboard, 35⅞” x 29”, Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Public Domain via Wikipedia. Tomorrow, one of four versions of Edvard …

 

Just a Second: Maestà

Just a Second: Maestà

Maestà by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311, tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Maestà (noun) Italian for …

 

Damien Hirst and Business Art

Damien Hirst and Business Art

Damien Hirst, For the Love of God, 2007, platinum, diamonds and human teeth, White Cube Gallery, London, Photo by Secretly Ironic, Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution …

 

In Their Own Words: Wassily Kandinsky

In Their Own Words: Wassily Kandinsky

  Wassily Kandinsky, Composition No. 4, 1911, oil on canvas, 62 ⅞ " x 98 ⅝", Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Photo by Wm M. Martin, Public Domain …

 

Édouard Manet: Just Another Nudie?

Édouard Manet: Just Another Nudie?

Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1863, oil on canvas, 51.4” x 74.8”, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Photo by Gautier Poupeau, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. In 1865, at the …