Art History

New Obama Portrait Unveiled
Shortly after the US Presidential race was called, portraitist Elizabeth Peyton added a new work to her exhibition Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton (on view at the New Museum October 8,...

Harshing Wally Cleaver's Mellow
Breaking news today: Tony Dow, American sculptor (b. 1945) and actor best known for his role in the sitcom Leave It to Beaver (1957-63), has had a sculpture selected to...

Some People Call Me Maurice
I speak not of the pompatus of love but, rather, the Maurice profile that just published. My choice this week was between Sendak and de Vlaminck. Because the Fauves were...

Wordless Wednesday - The Old Guard
Guard, 486-464 B.C. © The Brooklyn Museum (As you can see, this gentleman was not a member of the more recent "Old Guard," the Third United States Infantry. How can you tell...

Sunflowers Coloring Page
The bad news: sunflowers, those happy, vibrant faces at which I dearly love to look, are beyond done for the season. The good news: jays have replaced yellow with their...

Amy the Art Mom
Although I am now completely out of patience with the phrase "____(First Name) the ____(Occupation)," let's make room for one more version. It hasn't come up during campaign stump speeches,...

Wordless Wednesday - The County Election
The County Election, 1852 © Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri This timely topic is accompanied by a teaching tool, available to anyone by simply clicking on the picture. Things to...

US Voter Guide to Arts Positions
Over the past week we've seen trading tickers and Presidential campaign tactics sink to new lows and, I have to be honest with you, both are very distracting. Sort of...

John Kraft's Virtual Opening Reception
I won't tell you I have "always" liked the work of San Francisco painter John Kraft, but that's only because I wasn't aware of it until late in 2004....

Empowerment in a Bad Art History Job Market
Fellow Art History fans, the US economic "collapse" comes as no shock to most of us. And when I speak of "us," it's not in reference to art buyers of...