Art Enthusiast:

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Originally posted by The Old Man:
Might wait for streaming or DVD.

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

Should be excellent... Can't wait.

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Originally posted by sunnylea57:
Saw the Turner exhibition at Toronto's AGO this past weekend. The exhibition focuses primarily on the latter years of his life. It does a very good job of giving context to his experimental techniques and style, and to the response from his peers, critics and the public.

There are some major works on display, most on loan from the Tate - notably "Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth", "Peace, Burial At Sea" and "The Three Rigis" watercolours, as well as a number of his Venice paintings.

Sunny, thank you for the note.

Turner is not a style I deeply appreciate, but an excellent painter nevertheless. Unfortunately his choice of pigments was not always wise ( carmine) and too many of his works have faded severely. I do appreciate how his oils have a translucency to them.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by sunnylea57:
Saw the Turner exhibition at Toronto's AGO this past weekend. The exhibition focuses primarily on the latter years of his life. It does a very good job of giving context to his experimental techniques and style, and to the response from his peers, critics and the public.

There are some major works on display, most on loan from the Tate - notably "Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth", "Peace, Burial At Sea" and "The Three Rigis" watercolours, as well as a number of his Venice paintings.

Sunny, thank you for the note.

Turner is not a style I deeply appreciate, but an excellent painter nevertheless. Unfortunately his choice of pigments was not always wise ( carmine) and too many of his works have faded severely. I do appreciate how his oils have a translucency to them.

Not only faded, but falling apart. Mixing oil and watercolour - and spit - wasn't wise. One of the descriptive notes in the exhibition explained that chunks of pigment have cracked and fallen off some paintings.

I love the urgency and raw energy in paintings like "Peace, Burial At Sea". I also like some of the watercolours that were on display. Some of the others left me cold, especially those that combined his manic impressionistic landscapes with weirdly primitive human figures - usually in the foreground in the bottom quarter of the canvas.

I heard today that Italian artist Pino Concialdi died suddenly last week. I first discovered his work at the Venice Biennale many years ago.

He was a talented expressionist.

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Originally posted by sunnylea57:

Not only faded, but falling apart. Mixing oil and watercolour - and spit - wasn't wise.

heh, shoulda paid attention in the science classes =)

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Originally posted by GlennK:
I don't and never will understand the value people ascribe to art. $170M for that?

Maybe he just wanted to get a few free flights out of the whole deal?

$170mil Piece paid by CC

unbelievable

The DMA has an exhibit of Jackson Pollock's Black Series paintings and sculptures. Thanks to the Tate in London and the private sector, this is the largest amount of his work ever to be in a single showing.

We are going today after lunch.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Jackson Pollock's Black Series paintings and sculptures. Thanks to the Tate in London and the private sector, this is the largest amount of his work ever to be in a single showing.

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Jackson Pollock's Black Series paintings and sculptures. Thanks to the Tate in London and the private sector, this is the largest amount of his work ever to be in a single showing.

K, it is an absolutely stunning exhibition...the finest we have attended this year.

Tracey Emin will have her first ever solo exhibition in China.

The world is indeed changing!

Art News published an article, " THE GREATEST PAINTING IN THE WORLD: 10 LUMINARIES CAST THEIR BALLOTS".

Interesting choices and reasonings

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Art News published an article, " THE GREATEST PAINTING IN THE WORLD: 10 LUMINARIES CAST THEIR BALLOTS".

Interesting choices and reasonings

Thanks, K. I did need to verify the greatest Painter of all time was on this list.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Thanks, K. I did need to verify the greatest Painter of all time was on this list.

I found that I could not correlate with many of the comments made for the selections.
Seemed to be a lot of self-interest involved.

Our very own fcs has his gallery at the Art Basel Miami this week.

fcs is a great guy and I wish him the very best.

Speaking of ABM:

Woman stabbed at Art Basel Miami Beach

My favorite quote: "...some festival patrons said they initially mistook the bloody attack for performance art."

fcs, please see if you can buy me one of the Avi Gold Larry David Sunburn towels.

I will also send you a text today.

Thanks in advance.

We went to the Dali Museum in St. Pete on Friday. In addition to the Dali works, there was a large MC Escher exhibit. We had a wonderful time.

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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
We went to the Dali Museum in St. Pete on Friday. In addition to the Dali works, there was a large MC Escher exhibit. We had a wonderful time.

Very nice, JC.

A nice pairing methinks. I always think of Kandinsky's work as having a strong musical feel and Escher's work having a strong geometric/mathematical feel.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
We went to the Dali Museum in St. Pete on Friday. In addition to the Dali works, there was a large MC Escher exhibit. We had a wonderful time.

Very nice, JC.

A nice pairing methinks. I always think of Kandinsky's work as having a strong musical feel and Escher's work having a strong geometric/mathematical feel.

Very true. The mathematic elements were pretty incredible. I was obviously familiar with the stairs and other works but not so much the Tessellation - Metamorphosis II was an amazing work - I could have studied it for hours

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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
We went to the Dali Museum in St. Pete on Friday. In addition to the Dali works, there was a large MC Escher exhibit. We had a wonderful time.

May need to go when we are in St Pete for the holidays

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Originally posted by ThistlinTom:

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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
We went to the Dali Museum in St. Pete on Friday. In addition to the Dali works, there was a large MC Escher exhibit. We had a wonderful time.

May need to go when we are in St Pete for the holidays

Highly recommended

I read a follow up article this morning about all the controversy surrounding Kapoor's ' Dirty Corner' sculpture in Versailles.

What a mess France has become and the debate over the graffiti is just a glimpse I'm afraid of what is coming in this country over the next decade.

Kenneth Griffin gives $40M to MoMA.

All enthusiasts of both Modern and Contemporary art say, Thank You.

Interesting list from Mutual Art: 20 of the World's Masterpieces to See in 2016. I've see 7, some in situ but most others as traveling exhibitions.

How many have you seen?

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Originally posted by VinT:
Interesting list from Mutual Art: 20 of the World's Masterpieces to See in 2016. I've see 7, some in situ but most others as traveling exhibitions.

How many have you seen?

Seven as well.

When we were in Milan last fall we had hoped to see The Last Supper, but for some reason the building was closed on the one day we were in town. I need to get to Madrid (and Barcelona) which should be in the cards for 2016.

But of the 13 I haven't seen, I think the Rothko Chapel has the greatest appeal to me.

What, no Koons?

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Originally posted by VinT:
Interesting list from Mutual Art: 20 of the World's Masterpieces to See in 2016. I've see 7, some in situ but most others as traveling exhibitions.

How many have you seen?

13 for me.

I would love to see The Last Supper since its restoration. It was in much need when I saw it.

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Originally posted by sunnylea57:


But of the 13 I haven't seen, I think the Rothko Chapel has the greatest appeal to me.

Sunny, Houston is a serious art town. The chapel is in need of some restoration, which I hear may happen very soon.

We've seen 13 of those as well.

I would add the Ishtar Gate at the Pergamon in Berlin to that list. To me, it's as beautiful, important and impressive as the Elgin Marbles. (And acquired for about the same cost )

I will be in Pittsburgh in June. Looking at three places for art, possibly need to eliminate one.

Andy Warhol museum. I like Warhol, but I've sure seen a lot.

Carnegie Museum of Art. Sounds like one of those small museums where you blow through fast to find the key works.

The Mattress Factory. This sounds like my kind of place and must do.

Anything else to consider?

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Originally posted by VinT:
Interesting list from Mutual Art: 20 of the World's Masterpieces to See in 2016. I've see 7, some in situ but most others as traveling exhibitions.

How many have you seen?

9
Edit...I'd add the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna....there are several buildings but specifically San Vitale

I heard today that the Tate Modern will do a retrospective of the great Giacometti in 2017.

I thought there might have been a major exhibit this year marking the 50th anniversary of his death.

Looks like London might be in our future travels.

I'm a huge fan of Giacometti's work. Thanks for the heads up, w+a.

The Paris Museum of Modern Art at the Palais de Tokyo is a having a major Warhol show in October. We are going to be there, with a special after-hours showing set up (I think that means we can drink while we stroll through the place). And at the glorious Pompidou at the same time will be a chronological retrospective of the sculptures of Brancusi.

I figure it'll take a good 3 weeks to see all of that (and much more) really, really slowly.

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Originally posted by Seaquam:
The Paris Museum of Modern Art at the Palais de Tokyo is a having a major Warhol show in October. We are going to be there, with a special after-hours showing set up (I think that means we can drink while we stroll through the place). And at the glorious Pompidou at the same time will be a chronological retrospective of the sculptures of Brancusi.

I figure it'll take a good 3 weeks to see all of that (and much more) really, really slowly.

... And remember, Bran- cous. ( no I)

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Originally posted by wine+art:

... And remember, Bran- cous. ( no I)

Then why does't he spell it right? Next you're going to tell me that Giacometti isn't pronounced, "Gia-co-metti."

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Originally posted by The Old Man:

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Originally posted by wine+art:

... And remember, Bran- cous. ( no I)

Then why does't he spell it right? Next you're going to tell me that Giacometti isn't pronounced, "Gia-co-metti."

Jock-co-metti.

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Originally posted by wine+art:


... And remember, Bran- cous. ( no I)

I must disagree, my friend. IMO, Brancusi had a great I for sculpture!

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Originally posted by Seaquam:

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Originally posted by wine+art:


... And remember, Bran- cous. ( no I)

I must disagree, my friend. IMO, Brancusi had a great I for sculpture!

Winner.