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"The so-called 'Van Gogh Museum Editions' are premium quality, three dimensional replica's of Van Gogh's masterpieces." More than 120 years after his death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the stomach, the mystique of Vincent Van Gogh remains as powerful as ever. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently placed all 16 of its Van Gogh paintings on display together for the first time and a pop-up exhibit displaying replicas of his paintings from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has embarked upon a tour of America – at shopping malls. The first stop is the King of Prussia Mall outside of Philadelphia through October 14th..." [ read more on Forbes ]. What would happen if it suddenly became possible to make perfect copies of paintings of the past? To begin with, the purpose of art museums would change dramatically. It is by going to museums, after all, that most of us discover how different it is to stand in front of a great painting instead of seein...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Visions of Hawaii New York Botanical Garden To October 28, 2018 "O’Keeffe was astonished by the beauty of Hawaii." Hawaii in NYC: Georgia O'Keeffe: Visions of Hawai'i at New York Botanical Garden "Finding out Georgia O’Keeffe had a Hawaiian period is kind of like finding out Brian Wilson had a desert period. But here it is: “Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawaiʻi,” 17 eye-popping paradisal paintings, produced in a nine-week visit in 1939, and now on display at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, through October 28. It is the first time the largely unknown group has been shown together since its original exhibition in 1940 at Alfred Stieglitz’s gallery, An American Place, in New York. In addition, there are two oil sketches never before exhibited. And not a bleached skull in sight..." [ read more in the New York Times ]. "Her advertising work — the original impetus for the trip — is only a minimal part of the ...

Picasso's Kitchen Museu Picasso, Barcelona To September 30, 2018 "An exhibition on the subject of Picasso’s kitchen? Why not? There is nothing at all incongruous in the idea, because cooking is a subtle revelation of Picasso’s art: painting, engraving, sculpture, ceramics, poetry and theatre. What is more, we should not neglect the role of the restaurant as a meeting place for the avant-gardes, from the Quatre Gats tavern in Barcelona to the cabaret Au Lapin Agile on Montmartre, where the bohemians of the time and Picasso’s little entourage would share a table." From the exhibit catalog "The exhibition will include the exceptional collaboration of chef Ferran Adrià who will introduce a dialogue between the artist’s creative process and contemporary culinary art. The Mauri gallery– which is the gallery of the museum devoted to contemporary art- will house an intervention from the internationally acclaimed chef, who will showcase ‘Sapiens”, his methodology fo...

David Bowie Is Brookyn Museum To July 15, 2018 Creative Commons image eliasroviello on Flickr "'David Bowie Is' is a museum exhibition that thinks it’s a rock concert. And it has toured the world like a rock star. Beginning in London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in 2012, it has 'played' to rave reviews and long lines in 11 museums on five continents for the past five years. Bowie himself had hoped the exhibit would start in London, where he was born, and end in New York, where he lived and, in 2016, died. Now, 'David Bowie Is' arrives at the Brooklyn Museum for the final stop on its world tour. John Schaefer spoke to the curators of the both the original London exhibition and this newly-expanded New York edition..." [ listen to WNYC's interview ]. "It's a stunning tour of Bowie's world – whatever your level of Bowie fascination, it's impossible to walk more than a few inches without being dazzled. It has previousl...

Santa Bibiana is a small Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Rome devoted to Saint Bibiana, a Roman Virgin and Martyr. The church is home to a statue of the saint, created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1626, his first public religious commission. It shows St. Bibiana holding the palm leaf of martyrs, standing next to the column to which she was to be martyred. The sculpture has been in the news lately, after it's return from its first-ever loan to an exhibit, at Rome's famed Borghese Gallery, no less. The piece had only be moved once before, to protect it during assaults during World War II. In the process of returning the statue to her niche in the church, the ring finger on her right hand snapped off. While the art movers were devastated, much has been made of the clean break; had the digit been pulverized, it would have difficult to repair. Alas, the art restorers have done their work, and the digit has been reattached. If you've never seen a Bernini sculptur...