BEAU BAD ART

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 Eternal Debate

by Olivia

What is art? Taking a stab at easily answered questions.

June 23, 2016

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Musings

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 paintings of ckae help develop American Pop Art in the 1960s.

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Bronzeville at Night

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Archibald Motley's style represented a new to complement Alain Locke's New Negro, and maybe a new, more just America.

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Liberty Leading the People

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In honor of the recent french election, let's take a look at a favored french pastime: revolution.

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Art

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

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

Isamu Noguchi

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

by Olivia

February 15, 2017

The Lives of Artists

Screw your textbook and go straight to the source.

by Olivia