Leonor Fini: Surrealist Painter and Queen of Costumes
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Art
Profiles in Art: ane crabtree, pt 2
Last week, we sat down with Ane to discuss her personal journey through the arts but this week we got the chance to ask her more about the hows/whys of her work.
Tiffy, Tapas, Barcelona: My Week in Spain
On a blustery Friday in October, I packed my bags and headed to the sunny city of Barcelona.
Painting Time-Lapse
One of the reasons I like to paint is that visual art can initiate open-ended conversations in a way that written words cannot. Words have specific meanings and are meant to clearly and precisely convey that meaning, albeit with some room for interpretation when it comes to literature and poetry. Viewing art, however, is very often […]Read Post ›
Profiles in Art: Michele Clapton, Part II
Michele Clapton is an Emmy and BAFTA award-winning costume designer. Based in the UK, Michele has worked on numerous high profile projects including Game of Thrones, The Crown, Sense and Sensibility, and The Devil’s Whore. This week in part II, we got the chance to ask Michele about her creative process and projects.
Notes from the Venice Biennale
Part 2 of a series on Venice.
The Evolution of a Painting
I am fascinated with the in-progress state of paintings. Seeing how a blank canvas develops with its structure, colors, and details into its final form is intriguing and revealing. Most people who do not practice art do not realize the amount of thought and effort that goes into creating each piece. Observing the progress and […]Read Post ›
Venice: The Impossible City
Earlier this year, at the end of April, I was packing and preparing to move to Venice for two months. I’d been hired for an internship with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, and I was excited to be going back to Italy: in 2013, I’d lived in Rome for a summer and studied in Bologna, but […]Read Post ›
The “Terracotta Warriors of the First Empire” at the Pacific Science Center
The Pacific Science Center in Seattle teamed up with The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to bring ten terracotta warriors and hundreds of other objects from the tomb stateside, as well as some objects from before and after the Qin dynasty, they personally chose on their trips to China. The show opened at the Pacific […]Read Post ›
Biking and Art in the Twin Cities: An Exploration
Falling in love with art, from a bike.
