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  • Overheard: Modern Art Exhibit

    by Olivia

    Real things overheard at a modern art exhibit -- imagined responses.

    March 7, 2017
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    Musings

  • Take an Art History Class

    by Olivia

    A challenge, a dare, a call: take an art history class. It'll change your life, or at least your GPA. Here's why.

    August 8, 2016
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    Musings

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

by Olivia

Isabella Stewart Gardner built one of the greats art collections and museum in America. But, her legacy has some surprising twists.

September 10, 2017
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Arnolfini Iconography

Published by Olivia

The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait is the art history equivalent of overanalyzing texts from that cute guy you like.

October 20, 2017
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Shimomura Crossing the Delaware

Published by Olivia

Part pop art, part Japanese wood print, and part history painting, Roger Shimomura's Crossing the Delaware represents an American masterpiece in the truest sense.

September 24, 2017
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Art

SFMOMA in Your Mobile

Published by Olivia

Leave it to the museum at the heart of Silicon Valley to conquer the intersection of technology and art.

August 11, 2017
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Art

Cakes & Pop Art

Published by Olivia

Wayne Thiebaud's paintings of cake helped develop American Pop Art in the 1960s.

May 21, 2017
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Art
April 4, 2017

Save the National Endowment of The Arts

Art for art’s sake! Or, if that doesn’t work here are some other reasons.

by Olivia
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March 19, 2017

Tube Paint: A Revolution

In 1841, painter John Goffe Rand was struck with a brilliant idea. Rather than spend hours mixing and re-creating...

by Olivia
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March 1, 2017

Isamu Noguchi

He won the Guggenheim Fellowship and studied under Constantin Brancusi. He designed dance sets for Martha Graham and...

by Olivia
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February 15, 2017

The Lives of Artists

Screw your textbook and go straight to the source.

by Olivia
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The Decline of Form

Published by Olivia

Roman art and sculpture reached sophisticated heights. But then, things started to look like Lego blocks.

July 23, 2017
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Styles

Rococo

Published by Olivia

When in doubt, throw in a cherub for good measure.

July 20, 2016
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Styles

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