The Far Queue (Free subscription) | yesterday
Les Amants ~ René Magritte Looking down a time tunnel provided by foresight may not have provided her with a picture acceptable to her, then, frame of reference. Foresight may have allowed her not to have left the apartment on Tuesday morning; not to have crossed the zigzag brickwork that patterned her mood with interlocking thoughts; not to have paused at the kerb to allow the clouds to pass...
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Judas Maccabeus restored the temple in Jerusalem in 164 BC. The Mayflower Compact, setting out the rules by which Plymouth Colony would be governed, was signed by 41 men in 1620. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened in 1964. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time. Bombs exploded in two pubs in Birmingham, killing 21 people, in 1974. Born today: Voltaire (1694-1778), René...
Keighley and Ilkley Liberal Democrat Website (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The above is the national motto of Belgium, and means "strength through unity". A few years ago, the then Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt said, “Belgium is the laboratory of European unification”. I have long had great respect for Belgium, and her contributon to the European Project. As a student of the history of the EU, I well know the hard work and vision of people like Paul-Henri...
rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The Hero in Rene Magritte Paintings. Rene Magritte was born on 21st November, 1898. This was raised in Belgium, in a town named Lessines. He really was a Surrealist and used out of place imagery to provoke human thought. ... 16 Vote(s)
Trend.Land (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
How amazing is the vintage inspired mix-media illustrations of French 'Time-traveler' Julien Pacaud !! A mix of 50s, space travel, René Magritte and other, a great style of collages/illustrations... Represented in the [...] -> More info & pics for: Julien Pacaud Vintage Mix-Media Illustrations
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
France Feature Film Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet Writers: Alain Robbe-Grillet, Franck Verpillat Cinematographer: Henri Alekan Cast: Daniel Mesguich, Cyrielle Clair, Daniel Emilfork, François Chaumette, Gabrielle Lazure Robbe-Grillet’s enigmatic film - in which dreams, nightmares, fantasies, paintings, photographs, and beautiful women drift in and out of each other, forming a sexy, sensual,...
An oil painting a day (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I have the composition and I have the palette laid out. It's inspired by René Magritte and will be on the surreal side.
Neamhspleach (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.” -James Arthur Baldwin Recently, a friend of mine put together a list of the artwork that has inspired him and that he loves. I was impressed with his list. We had a lot in common (so obviously his list would be impressive.) I put together my list. This list is limited to paintings (for the time being.)...
dandy gum (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
left Joseph Beuys, Filzanzug (Felt Suit),1970 Felt Suit was tailored from one of Beu ys’s own suits, and can be seen as an oblique self-portrait. Although it was intended as a work to be hung from the gallery wall, he did wear one of the suits during the anti-vietnam 'Action of the Dead / Isolation Unit' performance on 24 November 1970 in Düsseldorf. Hanging on its own, the empty felt suit,...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
"The other day, my four-year-old daughter told me with a grin: 'I'm chopping the fish.' She had a toy knife and a plastic bowl. Inside the bowl was a jigsaw piece with the word 'fish' on it. Kids, eh - teach them to read and they think they're René Magritte."...
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Moving to Paris, Gascoyne was welcomed with open arms into the Surrealist group, befriending the painters Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy and René Magritte. He responded in kind by writing A Short Survey of Surrealism which introduced many in England to the activities of those strange foreigners over the water with their melting clocks, mannequins and pipes that weren’t pipes....
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte 541 West 23rd Street, 1 212 334 9255 Chelsea October 23 - November 13, 2009 Opening: Friday, October 23, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible. -René Magritte Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte is pleased to present “Flying Pictures,” an exhibition of photographs by the artist Daniel Gordon. This coincides with the release of...
PAPILLON FASHION MELBOURNE (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images. His intended goal for his work was to challenge observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality and force viewers to become hypersensitive to their surroundings.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Welcome to the "hottest" online art gallery in the world. The collection, kept in a glass and concrete building beside the Rhône in Lyons has more exhibits than the Louvre. It has been forbidden to the public for years, but has now has thrown itself open online to anyone who passes a simple security check. Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio, Picasso, Cézanne and Manet are all here....
Wholesale-Shopping.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
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