Blockbuster Bust: Australian Rags Masterpieces from the Prado for Lackluster Attendance, Opens at MFAH on December 16
The Australian Newspaper gleefully reports that Australians did not flock to see the blockbuster Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado, on view for the [...]
Honeybees Can Discriminate Between Monet and Picasso Paintings
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) have remarkable visual discrimination abilities that extend beyond simple colours, shapes or patterns. In spite of their small brains, they can discriminate [...]
Art Fugitive: Menil Vandalism Suspect Crit on Artinfo, Discussed in Wall Street Journal
The Menil Picasso vandalism story is working its way up the media ladder: the Wall Street Journal‘s Eric Felten pokes at the art/crime knot without [...]
Thomas Kinkade, Disney, and NASCAR
The world lost Thomas Kinkade more than a week ago, an artist whose importance during his life was measured by product placement and marketing prowess. [...]
Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910-1912 at the Kimbell Art Museum
There is a popular myth that Genius Is Born Of Suffering. The idea is so pervasive and pretentious it demands every word be capitalized when [...]
