Van Gogh's letters provide an extraordinary map of the artist's interior world Michelangelo wrote some wonderful sonnets; Constable's correspondence has a fascinating tough-tenderness; most visualisers have, with varying degrees of success, tried to match words to their images. But Van Gogh's letters are the best written by any artist. Engrossing, moving, energetic and compelling, they dramatise individual...
Cover: April 1991 Context: Legendary choreographer Martha Graham dies on April 1. Comedy Central launches the same day. Thieves steal twenty paintings worth $500 million US from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on April 14. Less than an hour later they are found in an abandoned car. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3000 for the [...]
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CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia 's blockbuster exhibition "Masterpieces from Paris: van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and beyond" will be on show from December 4, 2009 to April 5, 2010. The exhibition will showcase 112 Post-Impressionist works from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and includes famous masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Georges...
Rachel, a young prostitute enjoys the peace and beauty of the city garden in Arles. She falls asleep there and when she awakes, she finds a man sketching her. He turns out to be none other than Vincent Van Gogh. After their first encounter, Vincent visits Rachel at her brothel, 1, Rue du Bout d'Arles. He comes with a bouquet of wild flowers in hopes of convincing Rachel to let him paint her. This is...
While I was running around Amersterdam on Museumnacht (an annual event where museums across the city stay open into the wee hours), I found something for which I didn't know I was looking: the world's most expensive cocktail shaker. The Boston Shaker, as it's called, is located in the gift shop of the House of Bols , a flavored liqueur company whose on-site museum/training facility is worth visiting...
I have mentioned numerous times that I am a big fan of small plates. I love the chance to taste a wide variety of dishes, and I don't mind sharing. Now Burtons Grill is offering a special small plates menu. For only $4.95 you can select several delicious items from the menu below. These small plates are available at all Burtons Grill locations, from Monday through Sunday from 3:00pm to close! Small...
In this week's Time Out I review the seldom revived 1932 Sidney Howard comedy The Late Christopher Bean . Not bad. Happy to discover the play. Should be done more, especially by schools (i.e. a play from the 30s with roles for women! ). I'm surprised other reviews haven't pointed out the clear Van Gogh parallel, which must have been the whole point of the original French farce Howard adapted. Any René...
Where would you expect to see an original work by the great Pablo Picasso or Henri Matisse? What about Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Rembrandt van Rijn, Piet Mondrian or Paul Gauguin? Most folks would venture a museum or Christie's auction, possibly an art gallery if it were big-time. But shocking...
Is it a coincidence that there are eleven stars in Starry Night, by Van Gogh? Was he referencing the 11 stars of Joseph's dream? A teacher of mine once said that themes and meanings all come from the subconscious and can not and should not be consciously planned. Similarly, so much of what we say and do in life possesses and conveys unconsciously intended meanings. Our actions have subtexts, our body...
All he ever did was paint. Now if only he'd got himself myspace,facebook,twitter, taken care of his own marketing ,administration etc he'd've of been set! lazy bastard!! who did he think he was thinking that all he had to do was to produce the art? what a knob!
An unbelievable online project, something I have barely dipped my toe into it's so overwhelming: 902 of Van Gogh's letters online - translated, with notes, sketches included, and also facsimiles - which is something I love beyond measure. To actually...