Art History News1 day ago Dürer. Munch. Miró. The Great Masters of Printmaking The ALBERTINA27.01. 2023 – 14.05. 2023 The ALBERTINA presents a retrospective of the history of printmaking over a period of six centuries, from Albrecht Dürer and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiki Smith and Damien Hirst. The two exhibitions planned as a pas de deux - at both ALBERTINA locations - span from works of the late Middle Ages to the prints of contemporary art. The two exhibitions are joined by a third, as it were, dedicated solely to the most important printmaker of the 20th century: Picasso. The first exhibit, 'Dürer. Munch. Miró - The Great Masters of Printmakin... read more Art History News1 day ago Picasso On...
A view from inside State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, prior to Super Bowl 57 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023.Brandon Judd, Deseret News Being a journalist at a major sporting event can seem glamorous — Utah is getting its taste of that experience this week with the NBA All-Star Game.And yes, there are plenty of opportunities that create lasting and enjoyable memories from covering these events — both at the game and in the week leading up to it.The reality is, too, that it can be exhausting work.I had that opportunity again last week, when this year’s Super Bowl was held in Arizona — it was my fourth time going to a...
Christie’s will offer ‘Memory of a Surreal Journey: Property from an Important San Francisco Bay Area’, a collection of 25 works dedicated to showcasing the magical interpretations of the world by leading artists of the surrealist movement across Europe, Latin America, and America. The collection was built over more than two decades around a formative trip to Mexico, the country described by André Breton as “the Surrealist place, par excellence”, with a particular lens on female artists; Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, Dorothea Tanning, Leonor Fini, and Stella Snead. Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo will be offered in Christie’s The Art of the Surreal sale platform for the first time, as will work by Gordon Onslow Ford and Wolfgang Paalen. Further...
Nearly 40 years ago, at Kibbutz Sde Boker in Israel’s Negev Desert, I spent a summer doing research on Spirulina. You may have heard of it. Spirulina has been called a wonder food since it’s dense in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants and is noted for its anti-inflammatory properties. Its consumption is rising rapidly throughout the world with a market value set to reach a billion dollars over the next five years. Spirulina was originally classified as a blue-green algae but towards the end of the 20th century was reclassified as a photosynthesizing cyanobacteria, although it is still popularly labeled as an algae. In any case, it lives in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, a physiology shared with legumes such as peas,...
We got to celebrate City Girl's birthday in NYC a few weeks ago. {A view from the train} After checking into the Double Tree New York Downtown in the financial district, we met up with City Girl 2 at the hotel. It was FREEZING out so it was good we had some indoor activities planned. First off, was attending the off Broadway show, Drunk Shakespeare. It was in the Selene Restaurant which was a few blocks from our hotel. You are given a welcome shot when you arrive and our seated (all together now!) The gist of the show is that one of the five professional actors downs five shots of whiskey and attempts to perform a Shakespearean play! It's wacky, raunchy,...
