The Frame’s the Thing

Exploring the brilliant and the inapt in art and frame pairings. Feedback is required. On Instagram @Ubioubi2

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@TheFrameBlogMag Indeed!

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#harlemrenaissance #schomburgcenter #smithsoniannpg #nmaahc #npgdc
#SovietArt #SovietRealism #socialistrealism #HillwoodMuseum #RussianArtMuseum #npr #krylov #kukryniksy
#langstonhughes #SovietArt #blackhistory #therussianartgallery #themuseumofrussianart #hutchinscenter

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Here’s Part 1 of 5 videos I’ve posted on TikTok and IG (@pattersonmoscow) about an extraordinary unexpected portrait of an African-African man — & the stories & lives behind it — that I found in Moscow in 1992. Art, history, & a bit of art history.

https://t.co/t6mnN6uEX9

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#hamptonuniversity #studiomuseum #caaminla #aampmuseum #hbganttcenter #lacma #museelouvre
#museumofmodernafricanart #metmuseum
#metamericanwing
#thekinseycollection#russiansovietmoviepodcast

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@MaryMWalsh @RohanGreyFA Sold to him for years. Always thought that even PT Barnum would have tried to rein him in on his prices.

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@SoVeryBritish Funny — currently in BVI gripped by grey damp lashings alternating with grim dark spells and promises of vacation-long growing grayness.

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@1MonsieurPierre Oh, lord, I should like to have all your animals all over our walls… Each one is so charming.

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@bwallower Juan Sanchez Cotán

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@HWarlow Lovely, fantastic colors. A treat for me to see. 🙏

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@psframes Fantastic sight edge!

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From a recent ig (@aaleddy) post about the ironic centers of a frame — the corners. Second image is a brilliant 20th c reduction of all the riotous blossoming corners of centuries past into four wee holes. Quite an evolution.

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@HuntScene Why thank you! I’ve been writing about frames regularly on ig (@aaleddy) but have not kept up the pace on Twitter.

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I’ve long said that frames are in the tough spot of having to simultaneously whisper and shout. There’s no competing with the dazzling colors in Filippino Lippi’s “Portrait of a Youth” o/p ca 1485, so this gorgeous tabernacle frame whispers in rolling crescendos. Bravura pairing!

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@LizWebsterLD I ran Offa’s Dyke Path a few years ago, and one day these guys stood over my path. I took a long loop around. I’m a dog lover, too, but come on, give 🐄 a break.

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@ErinNewtonTX Took us a minute or two, but came up with Bum Fuck Egypt. Haven't used/heard that in decades, but it was a standard term a good while ago. So, as for the general population, I'd say No.

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This 1901 Picasso portrait of Pedro Mañach is framed twice. First in dazzling electric mustard and then in a gorgeous 17th c carved frame. This frame is the perfect usher into modernity. A near perfect ex. of the power of an antique frame to complement, illuminate, and magnify.

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I love these NYT Close Reads https://t.co/grGlCji3nY

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Willem Kalf still life from 1655 is filled with riches. Tortoiseshell & ripple molding echo the textile, the mottled fruit, light reflected in the glass & off the bowl. A perfection in this pair; the frame adds an exquisite, flickering finish to a gorgeous & quiet work. #ngadc