Herb & Dorothy Vogel Built a Priceless Art Collection on a Budget
Herb & Dorothy Vogel, a couple of unassuming New Yorkers, built one of the world’s most significant collections of modern art then gave it away to the National Gallery of Art. Their shared obsession with art is by turns endearing…
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MetPublications – All Publications from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Since 1964
You know when you go see a show at a museum and they have those awesome large-format glossy exhibition catalogues in the gift shop that (if you are like me) you wish you could afford? Well, the Metropolitan Museum of…
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Paintings of Women and Girls with Cats
Paintings of women and girls with cats. This is a genre – who knew? Well, a lot of people besides me, apparently. I was reading through one of my favourite blogs, Lines and Colors, and lo and behold, the latest post…
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A Brief History of John Baldessari
John Baldessari is pretty epic, a towering figure in art (literally and figuratively) . Conceptual art is pretty funny to me; I suspect he also has a sense of humour about it, too. Anyhow, Baldessari has been around for long…
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Gerhard Richter – October 18, 1977
Gerhard Richter is a German artist, best known as a painter, particularly oil on canvas. He’s been one of my favourites for years, and I’m not alone: at auction his work achieves higher prices than any other living artist, approximately…
