We think the canon of American art of the 1940s and ‘50s is set in stone, but we’ve got a lot of looking still to do.
Tag: Denver Art Museum
Finally, an Exhibition Devoted to the Women of Abstract Expressionism
The paradigm of the “overlooked female artist” is both a cliché and a truth.
Babe-watch on Google Art Project
You know it was hilariously inevitable that someone was going to cruise the walls of Google Art Project checking out the hotties and collect them all into one place. Well, Chicago Now blogga Taleen Kelenderian just did that and she has labeled her favorites with such hipster-ific monikers as “Ginger Babe,” “Angsty Babe,” and Van Gogh gets the lamenting phrase, “unattainable babe.” This is a whole different type of cruising than the stuff that goes on at the Egyptian Museum.
Denver Museum Re-Install Heralds Rethinking of Native American Art
The re-installation of the Denver Art Museum’s American Indian art galleries has an important new feature: individual artist names are now included on its wall labels. The comprehensive re-installation heralds a new move towards recognition of the history of Native American art, as well as Native American artists’ contribution to a larger American art history.