Articles Archive for June 2009
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D. Flynn
Bernie Madoff was not the only criminal sentenced yesterday. Bjoern Hoen , who was party to the 2004 theft of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” received a new sentence from the Oslo Court of …
D. Flynn
If the Dia Art Foundation Festival of Independents were a film festival, it wouldn’t even be the Sundance Film Festival. It would be the other even more independent film festivals where independent films …
By Grant McGuire
There’s something fitting about the fact that “Hollywood Boulevard” is a photograph which has been fed through computer program. In this technological era when Hollywood not only augments movies with CGI, but also …
D. Flynn
Here’s a switch: a discussion of looted art that isn’t the Elgin Marbles.
It seems straightforward. 1. Nazis steal art from Jews and other victims. 2. Nazis are defeated by combined efforts of U.S., British, …
D. Flynn
Lots of companies are hurting these days, but Google isn’t one of them. The web giant raked in over $1 billion last quarter, and profits are rising. Why, then, does it want a bailout …
ArtsOrigin.com is announcing our 2009 art contest. Go to artsorigin.com/contest for details. This could be part of a traveling exhibition. #
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By Grant McGuire
The human eye loves pictures with optical tricks. That’s why we never get enough of that card deck with illusions on them; you know, the ones we break out when high, to debate …
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By Grant McGuire
In 1948, a painter by the name of Josef Albers performed simplistic, yet highly revolutionary studies in color theory. The basic drawings of squares and triangles against solid color backgrounds my have look, …
