Archive for February, 2007
Two Picasso paintings valued at more than 66 million dollars were stolen from the Paris home of Diana Widmaier, Picasso’s grandaughter.
The paintings were identified by police as “Maya a la poupee” (Maya with doll, pictured a left) a 1938 portrait of the artist’s daughter, and “Portrait de femme, Jacqueline”.
There were no signs of a violent [...]
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) painted landscapes throughout his life. However, during the first two decades of his long career they constituted an especially important area of experimentation for the artist where he explored composition, paint handling and pictorial structure in innovative new ways.
The exhibition “Renoir Landscapes” examines this vital aspect of Renoir’s achievement, and brings together [...]
The Tate Modern museum at London “slid” to the top as London’s most visited attraction. The museum now outranks both the British Museum an the National Gallery in terms of number of visitors.
According to the report, a gret deal of this success is attributed to a string of blockbuster shows and innovative installations such as [...]
Press Release
Studying Claude Monet’s Relationship with the Norman Landscape,
This Exhibition will be on View February 18 – May 20, 2007
CLEVELAND (Jan. 25, 2007) — The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is thrilled to announce the opening of Monet in Normandy, a groundbreaking exhibition celebrating the intimate relationship between Claude Monet and the stunning landscape of [...]
I love these Anamorphic Cups, the plate has a distorted message that is revealed when it is reflected upon the stainless steel cup’s shiny surface.
Designed by Ross Mcbride. Check his other wonderful ideas.
Click on the picture to get a better view of them. Via NotCot
Workers at the Louvre in Paris went on a partial strike demanding a 150 euros bonus to “Compensate for the Stress of managing crowds a the museum”
Management at the Louvre said that only 5 percent of the museum’s 1,100 attendants were on strike.
Fashion4Nerds gives simple yet powerful advice for those seriously style challenged.
Fashion bits include: What to wear on a date, to a wedding, to the beach and more.
If you’re confused and don’t know where to begin start with the Top 10 fashion tips for nerds.
And please don’t wear socks and sandals.
Milk is a minimalistic and modular desk, that includes modules for garbage disposal, pencil holder, all purpose storage bins and even a fish tank.
The central columnns allows movement for adjustable height and it provides drawers for cable management.
It was designed by Soren Kjaer from Denmark
Via Gizmodo
Image Duplicator is a comprehensive search engine for all the works of american “pop” artist Roy Lichtenstein.
Besides of cataloguing every work by Lichtenstein it also illustrates links with comic books,ads and other visual sources that inspired the artist’s works.
Check the visual references detail for the painting “Thinking of him“, where you will find reproductions [...]
Cèzanne in Florence compiles and brings together works by Paul Cèzanne owned by collectors Egisto Paolo Fabbri and Charles Loeser.
The exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi is a unique occasion to admire side by side dozens of Cèzanne’s masterpieces, usually found scattered to the four corners of the earth.
Usually these works are found in the world’s most [...]
