
HUGE Roy Lichtenstein retrospective in Chicago
Hey, Roy Lichtenstein fans! Planning a trip to the windy city (and I don’t mean Winnipeg) in the near future? Well, you’re in luck because there is a HUGE retrospective at the Art Institute May 22 to Sept. 3. Over…

Jeff Wall – Dead Troops Talk
A 1992 photomontage by Canadian photographer Jeff Wall, Dead Troops Talk (A Vision after an Ambush of a Red Army Patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, Winter 1986), has fetched more than $3.6 million at auction. Golly. Dead Troops Talk (1992) –…

Maurice Bernard Sendak (June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012)
I read today that Maurice Sendak has died. I find myself overwhelmed with sadness. Beyond admiration for his incredible skill as a writer and illustrator, a lot of that sadness is nostalgia that’s tied in with the experience of Sendak’s…