x In a 1999 New York Times report on museum attendance for the previous decade, increases of 20% were reported in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Based on a survey by The Art Newspaper, blockbuster exhibits by the likes of Monet, van Gogh, Gauguin and Winslow Homer’s private collection drew thousands of eyes and millions »more
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New England Impressionist Artists Paint the Coastal Landscape
Richard FriswellJune 25- October 12, 2009 Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT October 24- January 31, 2010 The Portland Museum of Art chronicles the development of impressionist Connecticut and early modernist Maine with 73 features works drawn from the collections of the Portland Museum of Art and the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut. The Call »more
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Figurative Painting is Redefined by Culture of Stress
Richard Friswell“Paint Made Flesh” On view at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., until September 13, 2009 and at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY through January 3, 2010 For generations, artists have used a wide range of painterly effects to suggest the physical properties and metaphorical significance of human flesh. The Phillips Collection presents, Paint Made »more
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Nantucket Island Artists Capture the Colors of the Sea
Carolina FernandezVisiting the island of Nantucket in December—a splendid time to schedule a spontaneous holiday excursion—might find you light-hearted and in the mood for celebration. Yet with head tingling in search of a wool cap, hands begging for warm hiding places, and neck and shoulders aching from unnatural hunching in an effort to preserve both good »more
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Contemporary Collage Artist Works in Narrative Style
Richard FriswellThis artist defines the dynamic connection between life and art in his own unique way. Peter T. Tunney is a man with a lot on his mind. But, in spite of an almost continuous barrage of thoughts, feelings, opinions and ideas that might appear to the listener like a random Blitzkrieg of mental »more
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Aldrich Museum Features Edward Tufte Sculpture Exhibit
Diane DeweyInformation graphics designer, Edward Tufte, experiments with shape, scale and texture in his exploration of the three-dimensional world left: Airspace, aluminum, 16′, 2008 From Skewed Machine (cast iron, 2007, right), a tractor rearing vertically upward and tilted on its hind corner, Edward Tufte’s sculpture exhibition – at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum June 13, 2009 to »more
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Country French Kitchens in American Homes
Carolina Fernandez‘Country French Kitchens add color and style to the American Home’ left: A touch of eclecticism, whimsy and a touch of joie de vivre for a home’s most important room We Americans possess an enduring fascination with French culinary arts, French design, and indeed, the French art of livin g. Joie de vivre tugs »more
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Artists Reinvent Themselves in Face of Economic Downturn
Richard FriswellOPINION POLL: It is an indomitable part of the human spirit to find hope in despair; a reason to keep believing when people and causes we once believed in are no longer there- when the footing of our comfortable existence appears to shift with the unsettling suddenness and violence of an earthquake. The global events »more
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Color Consultation is Key to Future Product Success
Richard FriswellBringing color to life and life to color in the fascinating world of color planning Leslie Harrington wants you to believe. As a color expert, she sees the difficulties people have in putting color into their lives. “It’s a risk to move in the direction of bold or lively colors,” she says, “because color can »more
