An inspired animation of Frida Kahlo’s famous portrait that was taken by her father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1932 . The animation incorporates key images from her works that also defined her life as she depicted it on canvas. I had to have it. via […]
This is a Billboard article written by Natalie Weiner. It is about the collaboration of two innovative icons of the music arts, Prince and one of his most powerful influences, Miles Davis. Titans of talent and musical creativity. A fitting piece in the wake of […]
Destino An animated collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney. 1946.
“If I didn’t have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.” ~ Annie Leibovitz
The Jewish community of Florence flourished in the 15th-century, their position closely linked to the fortunes of the de’ Medici. Lorenzo il magnifico was their protector; he encouraged Jewish scholarship and scholars. It is, then, unsurprising that Jewish patrons of this Mahzor (Jewish holiday prayerbook) solicited an […]
I ran across this today. British bio pic (1986) about Caravaggio through his work. Staring Nigel Terry, classical stage actor of Excalibur fame. A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. […]
Da Vinci’s drawings were extraordinary ‘doodles’, ideas, life studies and studies for paintings. I much prefer his drawings to the paintings. Blaspheme! Foremost, aesthetically. But more importantly, to appreciate his technical and creative process. I have studied and drawn from them since I was […]
Andy Warhol birth anniversary. August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987. He was one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s. He began the 1960s on the edge, avante-gard and controversial. His work blurred the conceptual and aesthetic lines dividing high art from pop […]
