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ART NEWS: Appropriation Artist Richard Prince Liable for Infringement, Court Rules

Have you heard about this?  Really interesting happening in the art world, especially considering today’s rampantly open internet.  The article does a great job of outline exactly what Fair Use is and why Prince’s work didn’t meet those standards…

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Masterworks Monday: The Cubists

Sorry for the late post today– we’ve had some big things happening, so I’ve been a bit preoccupied.  More on that later!  For this week’s Masters Monday, we’re going a little more modern– enter Pablo Picasso and cubism.  Cubism is…

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Art of Architecture:  Miller House & Garden Museum

Occassionally here at Artsy Forager, we’ll feature exceptional applied arts such as architecture, interior design, etc.  If you’re anywhere near Indianapolis, check out the Miller House & Garden designed by Eero Saarinen and opening to the public in May. Link…

Seedlings

Seedling Saturdays:  Kendall Hamilton

Today we’re continuing our Seedling Saturdays, featuring artwork created by children.  Today’s artist is Kendall Renee Hamilton, age 5, almost 6.  In addition to sharing a love of hot dogs, cake and the color turquoise with her aunt (…

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A Velázquez in the Cellar?

OK, perhaps not exactly your grandmother’s attic, but it seems that a previously unattributed, damaged work stored at Yale University is thought by many experts to be a Velazquez. A Velázquez in the Cellar?.…

Abstract Art Exhibitions Galleries Reviews

Springing Forth

WINTER TRANSITIONS;  SPRING STORMS is R. Roberts Gallery’s celebration of the transition from the grey, dreary days of winter into the fresh bloom of spring.  The show features the work of three very different artists, mixed media artist Madeline Peck-Wagner,…

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Masterworks Monday:  Vermeer

I love modern & contemporary art.   Artists who find a new way of translating our reality fascinate me.  But the Art History geek in me also loves to look back at what was groundbreaking eons ago.  We have so much to…

Seedlings

Seedling Saturdays: Samantha Hamilton

One of my passions is encouraging anyone who has even the slightest interest in the arts.. but especially young children.  Their minds are still so open and fertile, they still believe they can be the next Picasso.  Wouldn’t it be…

Fashion Miscellaneously Artsy

Wearing Picasso

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.  ~Oscar Wilde Image via The Sartorialist Image of Guernica by Pablo Picasso, via Museo Reina Sofia…

Abstract Art Exhibitions Reviews

Seeing Much, Much More

SHAWN MEHARG: SEEING LITTLE MORE is the latest exhibition of work at the Williams-Cornelius Gallery located inside Daryl Bunn Studios in Riverside.  If, like me, all you’ve ever seen are Shawn’s more representational works, you’ll be as pleasantly surprised as…