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posted on 23 Oct 2012 17:59 by Sara Spink

this is why social media are awesome: when I talk to museums, they talk back. It's pretty great. // Doesn't take much! Previous post: Morgan Library Josef Albers Home Next post: Metropolitan Museum Henri Matisse

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Just in Time: Josef Albers at the Morgan

posted on 15 Oct 2012 22:22 by Sara Spink

Anyone who has taken a painting class is likely familiar with the exercise of creating value studies, strips of tonal values ranging from dark to light. Having done so granted me an immediate familiarity with the preparatory studies comprising this insightful exhibition evidencing painter Josef Alber's creative process. I confess that the works of Albers I'd seen—the renowned Homage to the Square...

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Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity, Neue Galerie

posted on 04 Oct 2012 15:53 by Sara Spink

The newly opened Ferdinand Hodler: View To Infinity at the Neue Galerie describes Hodler as the foremost Swiss painter of the early 20th century, an adherent of symbolism, and a significant influence on permanent collection artists Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele. The exhibition's pointed introduction leaves the audience well-poised to appreciate the compact but diverse selection of works on...

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Yayoi Kusama at the Whitney

posted on 03 Oct 2012 05:04 by Sara Spink

Perhaps foolishly, I had no great expectations when I decided on a whim to visit the Yayoi Kusama retrospective at the Whitney. Given the option I wouldn't really have said abstraction is my thing, but then something happened. It started in the first gallery among the early works. There cryptic, whispery figures meandered over nebulous forms emerging from dark paper to suggest space or deep...

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