The Essential 20
Not wanting to be seen as totally negative, after posts on the Worst Paintings and the horrors of Glazing, and returning to Minneapolis after six months in California, I toured the MIA’s third floor to pick out 20 paintings I couldn’t do without. That is to say, I am not purporting to call these […]
A Day at the Getty(s)
A group from the Santa Barbara Museum Airbused down to LA to visit the Getty Center and the Getty Villa, with an emphasis on Asia and photography, as those were the two curators joining us. In all, there were three independent, but somewhat similar, exhibitions: “Early Photography in China,” “Felice Beato: A Photographer on the […]
The Clock
When I went to see The Clock at the Paula Cooper Gallery in Chelsea I had no idea what to expect, thanks to curator David Little’s warning not to read about it beforehand. Based on the work’s title, I was not surprised when each movie clip that appeared on the big screen had a timepiece […]
Ten Worst Paintings at the MIA
Nicola di Maestro Antonio d’Ancona, Madonna and Child Enthroned (c. 1490) This will introduce you to the very subjective nature of this tour. For starters, I just don’t like my women (in art) to be heavy-lidded, flat-chested and with lips no wider than their nostrils. The human face may be shaped like an egg, but […]
Until Now: The Contemporary Art Tour
Welcome to Until Now, the MIA’s first exhibition of Contemporary Art. We’ve picked the period from 1960 to 2010, which happens to be half a century, a nice round number. But is there a significance to this particular 50-year span? I think you will see that there is, and the place to start is where […]