Mutated masterpieces on display in Paris...glow out from a background of post-apocalyptic haze. In The Big Supper, the re-staging of Leonardo Da Vinci 's 15th century mural The Last Supper , a reed-thin burger flipper takes Christ 's place, presiding over a table that groans beneath... |
Mutated masterpieces on display in Paris...takes on Henri Matisse 's Dance, Renaissance paintings of the arrow-pierced Saint Sebastian and Diego Velazquez's 1656 masterpiece Las Meninas - which Rancinan transforms into a biting satire on the quest for eternal youth, with a latex -clad... |
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The Bergen Record | 4 days ago
Stepping away for a commercial break at MoMA
...of Modern Art has been turned back to Halloween. MoMA , the scholarly temple of classical modernism, home to Matisse , Picasso and Monet 's " Waterlilies ," has gone gaga for Tim Burton. He's all over the place: installations in the lobby, movies...
In this article: Tim Burton, Museum of Modern Art, Vincent Price, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Romeo and Juliet, Halloween, The Corpse Bride, California Institute of the Arts, and Mad Magazine
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New York Post | 4 days ago
Agenda: a Brooklyn 'Streetcar'
...behind " Edward Scissorhands ," " Beetlejuice " and more. The exhibit runs through April; moma.org. Also on display this week: a-� Last chance to see Vermeer's " The Milkmaid " at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through Nov. 29. Comments (0)
In this article: Liv Ullmann, Cate Blanchett, Robin Williams, Tennessee Williams, Disney, Ingmar Bergman, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Alligator, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and Oscar
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Miami Herald - 5-minute Herald | 4 days ago
Savannah makes Mercer a permanent icon
...paintings by 15th century artists such as Sandro Botticelli , will follow, and the series will end Dec. 11 with a volume on Michelangelo 's Last Judgment. Four million people visit the Vatican Museums every year. THIEVES, STAY AWAY
In this article: Oleanna, Michelangelo, Florence, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Leonardo da Vinci, Savannah, Julia Stiles, and Bill Pullman
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L.A. Times - Commentary | 6 days ago
MOCA renews museums' mission
...they want to visit the stars of the permanent collection. They seek out Picasso 's " Guernica " at the Reina Sofia in Spain ; they look for the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris ; they stand in awe in front of Monet's " Water Lilies " at the...
In this article: Los Angeles, Revenue, Water Lilies, Guernica, Mona Lisa, Los Angeles Times, and Pablo Picasso
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Guardian | 6 days ago
John Craxton obituary
...by a friend's father from a Scout camp in France to the Paris World Exposition. They went only to the Spanish pavilion - for Picasso 's Guernica. He had an amazing memory to the last but blotted out the exhibited photographs of civil war...
In this article: John Craxton, Lucian Freud, Pablo Picasso, Bedsore, Crete, Samuel Palmer, Frederick Ashton, and Margot Fonteyn
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SFGate: Entertainment | 7 days ago
Books explore Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel
...15th century artists such as Sandro Botticelli , and the series will end Dec. 11 with a volume on Michelangelo 's " Last Judgment." The Sistine Chapel is part of the Vatican Museums , which gather hundreds of artworks from painters including...
In this article: Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo, Vatican Museums, Vatican, San Francisco Chronicle, Genesis, Last Judgment, Sandro Botticelli, and Caravaggio
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 7 days ago
Second Edvard Munch lithograph stolen from Oslo gallery
...off with another lithograph, "Historien" (History), valued at GBP215,000. The work has not been found. In August 2004, two major works " The Scream " and "The Madonna" worth an estimated $100 million between them were also snatched in broad...
In this article: Oslo, Edvard Munch, The Scream, Interpol, Lillehammer, and Munch Museum
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MoCo Loco | November 17, 2009
Lamp by Romy Kuhne
Romy Kuhne applies her pleat and fold techniques to stainless steel for a lamp that is an update on lighting from Van Gogh 's Potato Eaters. Kuhne 's lamp of 40 reflective triangles was shown at the Strijp-S exhibition during Dutch Design...
In this article: Potato Eaters and Eindhoven
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New York Post | November 15, 2009
Met knocks 'em 'Dead
...brutal of the thugs. To single out members of this ensemble for praise is as irrelevant as parsing the brush strokes of Picasso 's " Guernica." That said, worthy of accolades are Kurt Streit , deftly bending his pristine tenor to portray the...
In this article: From the House of the Dead, Leos Janacek, Dostoyevsky, Guernica, Pablo Picasso, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Patrice Chereau
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 13, 2009
Amsterdam in three parts: crazy, cultured and classic
...the painter's work (www.vangoghmuseum.com, $18 ). At the Rijksmuseum next door, the stars are "The Nightwatch" by Rembrandt and " The Milkmaid " by Johannes Vermeer -- which I saw two days before they lent it to New York 's Metropolitan...
In this article: Amsterdam, Anne Frank, Rembrandt, Zaanse Schans, Vincent van Gogh, Otto Frank, and Schiphol Airport
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Telegraph.co.uk - Motoring | November 09, 2009
The Porsche 911 as an artist's muse
Throwing in a moody sunset or a little boy sitting on a fence, waving, doesn't really add anything. Back to Picasso for a moment. Guernica would seem to me to be something very complicated about the impact of the event on the human...
In this article: Pablo Picasso, Porsche 911, Guernica, and Kia Sedona
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washingtonpost.com | November 05, 2009
Francisco Ayala, 103; Spanish author, Franco foe
...war had on those who stayed and those who left. Compitello likened Mr. Ayala's work to the power of Pablo Picasso 's mural-size painting " Guernica ," which depicts the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. " Ayala's profound analysis described...
In this article: Francisco Ayala, Francisco Franco, Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Civil War, Princeton University, Pablo Picasso, and Madrid
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mgoblog | November 04, 2009
Guernica in Maize
...catastrophic failure against Illinois has left in its wake a fan base wretched in suffering. And anger. And chaos. And despair. A veritable Guernica in Maize. Pablo Picasso 's renowned painting might as well have been painted in the aftermath of...
In this article: Michigan, Rich Rodriguez, Maize, Guernica, Ohio State, Penn State, and Juice Williams
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories | October 09, 2009
The Yes List-Carey Mulligan Earns High Marks for An Education
...artist Johannes Vermeer's most admired painting besides Girl With a Pearl Earring. The museum's exhibition,Vermeer's Masterpiece: The Milkmaid , marks the first time the painting, which can usually be seen at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , has...
In this article: The Daily Beast, An Education, Johannes Vermeer, Carey Mulligan, Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Christopher Buckley, Oscar, and Piglet
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The Bergen Record | October 09, 2009
A Van Gogh portrait in words
...of potatoes again," he said in a letter to his brother Theo on April 9, 1885, referring to one of his earliest masterpieces, " The Potato Eaters." The note also contains a sketch of the painting. Van Gogh , who was influenced by the...
In this article: Vincent van Gogh, Suicide, Potato, Amputation, Van Gogh Museum, The Potato Eaters, Rembrandt, and Amsterdam
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Blogcritics | September 21, 2009
Art Review (NYC): Vermeer's Milkmaid at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
...17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's oeuvre of 40 or so paintings. Of those 36, The Milkmaid stands out like a jewel. The Metropolitan has The Milkmaid on loan from the Rijksmusem through November 29, and has created a small...
In this article: Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and New York City
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USATODAY.com | August 14, 2009
Vermeer's 'Milkmaid' to be loaned to NYC museum
...the painting will be seen in the United States. It was last exhibited at the 1939 World's Fair. The Milkmaid dates from 1657-58. It shows a milkmaid in a vibrant blue and yellow dress pouring milk from a jug into a bowl. The exhibition...
In this article: Johannes Vermeer, New York City, The Milkmaid, All rights reserved, Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States, and Associated Press
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BBC News | August 13, 2009
Vermeer painting in New York loan
...part of an exhibition on the 17th-century Dutch artist at The Metropolitan Museum of Art next month. The Milkmaid , dating from 1658, shows a milkmaid in a blue and yellow dress pouring milk from a jug into a bowl. The painting is being...
In this article: Johannes Vermeer, New York, The Milkmaid, Frans Hals, US, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Amsterdam
