Poussin
Poussin is something of an acquired taste–an artist’s artist. Cezanne adored him, characterizing his own art as ‘making Impressionism something solid, like Poussin.’ Poussin has a very great artistic imagination…
Surprises at the Cleveland Museum of Art
The first surprise was learning that Tuesday is Senior Day at the museum. This means that the museum was filled with the type of people I try to avoid: Kamala-supporting,…
The new Whitney
The new Whitney. The Whitney Museum recently opened its new digs in Chelsea. My first (tiny) apartment in New York was in Chelsea (20th & 8th), of course, that was…
Cleveland’s van Goyen
My next video about painter’s paintings is on van Goyen’s painting titled View of Emmerich in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Van Goyen is another artist from the Dutch Golden…
One Hundred Birds
For those who love Asian art, as I do, the Cleveland Museum of Art is an oasis. Cleveland has one of the best Asian collections in N. America, and now, since…
‘Works of art may be offensive”
I read this laugh-out-loud piece in the NY Times. The blog post by Jeffrey Kindley is directed toward the college-age population of delicate hothouse plants who require trigger warnings on art…
Cleveland Museum of Art finishes renovations
After 8 years and $350 million, the Cleveland Museum of Art has–finally!–completed its ambitious renovations. The long awaited (by me) opening of the new West Wing’s China, India and Southeast Asia collections…
Cleveland Art museum visit
Why is a visit to the art museum blog-worthy? After all, my near-weekly museum visits are a longstanding habit. The headline is that this is my first visit to the…