If you’ve ever walked into an art museum to escape the bustle of the noisy outside world, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered a lot more than visual art. North Texas museums host lectures by famous artists and scholars, screenings of art house films and Hollywood classics, and concerts in every musical genre imaginable. As [...]
Joe Figg, Jackson Pollock 1951 from Inside the Painter’s Studio The artist’s studio has traditionally been something of a liminal space — it is neither home nor office, but it can be both home and office. This may explain why, over the years, the studio in Western art has tended to borrow a whole range [...]
One of the all-time examples of jazz greatness, for me, is John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps.” An extremely difficult chord progression, coupled with Coltrane’s virtuosic solos, makes for exciting listening nearly a half-century after the eponymous album’s initial release. Years ago, someone somewhere transcribed Coltrane’s solo (no small task). Some motivated soul has taken it a [...]
Josef Maria Eder and Eduard Valenta, Chamaeleon Cristatus, 1896; Photogravure/SFMOMA THE NATURE OF THINGS: I love a good “is this art?” debate. And it seems one is brewing in San Francisco. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has organized “Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900,” a collection of scientific photos that explore [...]
KERA radio story: Expanded online story: Fine art museums don’t usually put up Christmas trees or decorations. But when there’s a holiday exhibition created by some of the leading Italian sculptors of the late 18th century, the Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth will make an exception. Besides, the display fits the Kimbell’s new program [...]
Whistle Stop (Spread), Robert Rauschenberg, 1977, mixed media Traveling shows and other special exhibitions are the mother’s milk of art museums, but they often drive an institution’s own works into storage. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is temporarily rectifying that situation. In lieu of a big-ticket show, the museum is dedicating more space to [...]
Guest Blogger Gail Sachson, owns Ask Me About Art, an education service offering tours, lectures, commentary and consultation. Instead of reading this, you actually should be perusing the Heritage Auction Galleries site www.ha.com, checking out their Inaugural Photography Auction, which will be this Friday , Dec. 12, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. It’s all [...]
Congratulations to Tim Pittsinger, the winner of our Flickr Photo of the Week contest! Tim is a relatively new contributor to our Flickr page and follows last week’s winner, Sam Brown. “I really appreciate any of my work being considered for anything, especially locally and by a group affiliated with KERA (who does so much [...]
In the Dallas Morning News, Michael Granberry interviews the author of a new biography that includes the work done by a Dallas psychotherapist who analyzed Frida Kahlo from her bedside, after a suicide attempt towards the end of her life in 1954. Dr. Harris’ psychological assessment of Ms. Kahlo is based on the tests given [...]
The Roundup is going to be quick and dirty this morning — I’ve got an 8 a.m. breakfast with Jeffrey Katzenberg. (No, this is not being ghostwritten by Ari Gold). Katzenberg’s going to show some local critics footage of Dreamwork’s 3D extravaganza Monsters vs. Aliens, which hits theaters in March 2009. Why did he feel [...]
