My long time friend and roommate Liz is notorious for having the most easily elicited emotional reactions of all time. This becomes especially apparent during movies (any of them, really)…
To prep for the inevitable return of this fabulous blog with all of its Art Historical content and commentary, I want to link this page to my most recent entry…
For those of you who have any interest in Street Art, specifically Banksy (for more info and images, see one of my past blogs), you will find the opening credits…
My apologies for the incredible delay in posts (this may be my 3rd apology for this sort of thing…), but life has been busy lately with starting a new job…
Normally when we think of sculpture, we think of artists’ attempts to replicate the beauty and complexity of the human body. We think of pieces like Michelangelo’s David: truly a…
Check out this article from the New York Times about Norman Rockwell’s nostalgic pieces gaining popularity in America (many thanks to the Recession)…remind you of my most recent blog about…
Upon seeing this painting, for many, various other parodies of this piece come to mind. For example: This great source of American parody had its foundation in some very tumultuous…
As promised in the last post, here is the link to the Art Institute of Chicago Museum Education Summer Intern blog! All of the interns will be writing in it…
My apologies for the long delay between posts! I just had a few crazy weeks full of graduating, moving, starting a new internship at the Art Institute of Chicago, weddings…
You’ve seen his “Signature Galleries” in shopping malls. You’ve seen him on QVC or the Home Shopping Network, hucking his paintings at the masses. You’ve perhaps marveled at his shiny,…
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