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All’s Well That Ends Well
In 2012, an amateur artist from the town of Borja, in the Spanish province of Zaragoza, became known for her botched restoration of a 1930 fresco by Elías García Martínez. The work, called Ecce Homo, originally showed Jesus wearing the crown of thorns. However, the current version seen above has been likened to a hedgehog … Continue reading
Mouse movie leads to long-lost painting
Art Historian, Gergely Barki, researching the avant garde works of Robert Bereny, was shocked to spot a long lost painting by the artist on the wall of the movie his daughter was watching. On set of the 1999 movie, Stuart Little, hung Bereny’s “Sleeping Lady With a Black Vase” which hadn’t been seen since 1928. … Continue reading
Whaam!
So today marks the ninety-first birthday of one of the giants of Pop Art. Roy Lichtenstein’s works are some of the most recognizable in the world, with the comic-style layout, bold colors, and the occasional use of parody. Lichtenstein’s story actually has connections surprisingly close to me. In the early sixties, he taught art at … Continue reading
Large Picasso leaves the Four Seasons restaurant after over a century
When the building owners of the Four Seasons restaurant proposed to remove Picasso’s “Le Tricorne” for wall repairs, conservators quickly stepped in and halted the plan. “Le Tricorne” is a 95 year old original Picasso curtain that has hung on the restaurant wall for over half a century. Conservators feared that the removal process and … Continue reading
Major Tom Lands in Chicago
Many of us know that musicians have other talents besides creating great music. A rather large number of them go into art. John Lennon’s drawings and Joni Mitchell’s self-portraits are rather well known. But something that caught my eye lately was an article that I read about a rather famous British musician that’s going on … Continue reading
HBO Documentary Film: Banksy Does New York
HBO Documentary Films has announced their upcoming release: “Banksy Does New York.” A documentary by filmmaker, Chris Moukarbel, based on the artists month long residency that took place in New York during October 2014, “Better Out Than In.” Moukarbel’s documentary will explore the thirty days of the graffiti art by Banksy, that popped up in … Continue reading
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