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Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932-3, Detroit Institute of Arts.
As Detroit’s municipal bankruptcy looms, the city’s “emergency manager” Kevyn Orr weighs the possibility of selling off the collection of the D.I.A. to pay for the city government’s mismanagement — like an art museum is a [REALLY BAD WORD OMMITED BY MN] piggy bank. This is outrageous, unconscionable, and to be resisted tooth and nail.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/91749ac30e493fa007729af8352129f2/tumblr_mnbflmD54r1r70t2xo1_500.jpg)
Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932-3, Detroit Institute of Arts.
As Detroit’s municipal bankruptcy looms, the city’s “emergency manager” Kevyn Orr weighs the possibility of selling off the collection of the D.I.A. to pay for the city government’s mismanagement — like an art museum is a [REALLY BAD WORD OMMITED BY MN] piggy bank. This is outrageous, unconscionable, and to be resisted tooth and nail.
Francis Alÿs’s “Fabiola” collection is an overwhelming and amazing project. I saw it in NYC at the Hispanic Society of America (155th & Broadway).
Francis Alys - Fabiola (2008)
“The story of St. Fabiola, a 4th-century Roman aristocrat from the Fabia family who is supposed to have been an early Mother Teresa, became popular in the late 19th century, and an 1885 portrait of her by a French academician (which is now lost) has since been endlessly copied around the world.
Appearing on postcards, posters and religious trinkets, Fabiola has been a beloved subject for countless painters, most of them amateurs. The portrait’s format is almost always the same: Fabiola is seen in profile facing left, her head covered by a rich red veil.
Mr. Alys, who was born in Belgium in 1959 and moved to Mexico City in 1990, began collecting Fabiola paintings—as the genre is called—about 15 years ago, buying them at thrift shops, flea markets and antiques stores primarily in Mexico and Europe. He has previously shown his collection three times, when it was much smaller; the current presentation includes more than 300 works.”
Scorpion with a Plant
Cylinder seal and impression
Mesopotamia, Late Uruk period/Jamdat Nasr period
(ca. 3500–2900 B.C.)The Morgan Library
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Our eagle-eyed conservators spotted an ancient Roman bust in the collection that looks very much like Zach Galifianakis.
Mad props to Museum Ghost for finding this!
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Loving these posts! Installator’s gonna be all over this.
The Installation of The Rose from an Art Handler’s Perspective
By Graham Miles, Whitney art handler
Documented by Paula Court, photographer
II. “Shackles are attached to the top of the steel sub-frame, so the painting can be lifted from the metal A-frame cart and set down on the floor. The restrictive size of the Whitney’s elevators necessitates the use of this cart. If the painting were to ride flat on its back—instead of on its edge—it would not fit into either the freight or large passenger car.”
Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective is on view now through June 2.
Never seen this before. Hard to imagine that’s the same guy as the image most of us have of him.
Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
Self-Portrait, 1907. Oil on canvas.
Museo Dolores Olmedo Patino, Mexico City, Mexico-
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Museums. Art. History. Art History. Education. Museology. Historiography. Logophilia. Punnery. I often post as I explore museum exhibits. I am a museum nerd.
The terracotta warriors inspire awe, wonder, joy, intrigue, and…facial hair envy.
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#Joy Drury Cox
Studio Fridays: Like Wow (BARF and other things)
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Another art...
Garry Winogrand’s first retrospective in 25 years at the San Francisco Museum of Modern...
