With Bends, Crinkles & a Cool Decor Makeover, Carol Bove Takes @Guggenheim. She extracts something new from steel, dispelling its aura of brawn. Her signature form is a rumpled ribbon of metal painted to look as soft as suede. By @deborahsolo#GiftArticle https://t.co/7it8QhycLY
"You could say he foregrounded the magic of art and left blackness in the background."
You could only say that if you were as insightful as Deborah Solomon
@deborahsolo
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. https://t.co/v3ygY2kxc9
I reviewed the Frick’s new show, “Vermeer’s Love Letters,” and argued that there’s nothing in the paintings to suggest romantic intrigue.
https://t.co/rgFxBVgw0L via @NYTimes
There are two superb art shows to be seen in Philadelphia right now: Cecily Brown at the @BarnesFDN and Christina Ramberg at the @Philamuseum. Here's my NYT review.
https://t.co/rij4mpOGGU
"Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch master who invented realism in the 17th century..."
Wait. What?
"who invented realism" Three words tossed in that I'll now be thinking about for three months (or three years).
From the always illuminating @deborahsolo
https://t.co/YaKcpy1UG7
at the Casper David Friedrich exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with brilliant art critic/historian Deborah Solomon (who took this picture of Friedrich's most famous painting just as I was taking a picture of it).
Dear @NYPL, Are you aware that your website keeps asking viewers to identify words like this? What is this word? How can I convince you I am not a robot?
https://t.co/xCnLat6npQ via @NYTimes It was never clear whether Mr. Robinson thought of himself as an artist who wrote about art or a writer who painted. Rather than settling on either, he seemed to relish his identity as a double agent.
Sad, sad news. The great Walter Robinson —painter, art writer, husband of Lisa Rosen, and unofficial mayor of the art world —has died at age 75, after a short bout with cancer. R.IP.💔