There is an incredible exhibition going on until March 17 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. “Henri Matisse: In Search of True Painting” is a true retrospective of the artist’s life and work. Most people do not realize how much Matisse struggled with his painting throughout his career. He constantly reworked, […]
Review: Henri Matisse ‘In Search of True Painting’ at the Metropolitan
February 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Review: Ugolino and His Sons by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
January 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
The story of Pisan traitor Ugolino della Gherardesca, imprisoned with his sons and condemned to starvation, is told in Dante’s Inferno (canto 33). Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux shows the anguished father resisting his children’s offer of their own bodies for his sustenance. The composition was cast in bronze in Paris in 1862. This Saint-Beat marble now resides […]
Review: Current Exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
December 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you haven’t been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art lately, now is the time to go. There are some beautiful exhibitions going on right now, but you need to hurry to catch them before they’re gone. I dropped by a couple of times during the last few weeks and was utterly amazed. I saw […]
Review of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
July 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
About the Exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, is free with admission A few days ago, Sabina who is an artist friend of mine and I decided to go the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We had not been in a while and so thought it […]
