Michael Jackson: King Of Commissioned Kitsch
We keep hearing how poor MJ was, but the dude spent a fortune commissioning art — of himself. And while he was one helluva a musical artist & entertainer, he didn’t have a clue about art. Just...
View Article2009 Art Sales May Not Have Been Bad For Auction Houses, But Was It Good For...
Antique Week, Vol. 41, Issue No. 2112 (January 11, 2010) has a report in the national section on art sales in 2009. In the article, two things stood out for me. First: Auction houses started slashing...
View ArticleIs Stock Photography Evil?
It is no longer difficult to take an adequate photograph. I say that with confidence, as a person who treats her digital camera as essentially a magic box with a button on one side and a USB port on...
View ArticleHey, Me, Get Out Of My Travel Photos (Not!)
There are just about as many reasons for taking photos as there are people who take them, so it would be foolish for me to try to encompass them all in one itty-bitty blog post. But I do feel I need to...
View ArticleI Know It When I See It
There are two broad semantic categories in our society that are defined largely by intuition. One is ‘What is Art?’ and the other is ‘What is Obscenity?’. And the two are related in that anything...
View ArticleYou Are A Beautiful Human Being *
That * is a “but”… One of those “buts” those afraid to draw know well… Via Tumblr.
View ArticleI Love a Good House
If my life had gone differently in my earlier years I think I would have become an architect. I love buildings and all the trimmings. I’m still trying to teach myself all the right names for the parts...
View ArticleThere Is Only Art!
In Memo to budding art collectors, art collector Paulino Que gives three tips for beginner art collectors — but the best part of the article or interview is this part: [I]n the course of merely...
View ArticleStarting Your Art Career When the Kids are Grown
On BlogTalkRadio today: Starting Your Art Career When the Kids are Grown. The show starts at noon EST and is brought to you by Artists Helping Artists. (If you miss it, past shows are archived.)
View ArticlePolitics Brings Haters to Art
Art appreciation is complicated enough. Bring politics into it and… things get really confused and messy. Could you look at art and appreciate it for the sake of itself? How would your perception...
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