graphpaper.com (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Newstand by Berenice Abbott, 1935 In print design, the expression “above the fold” dates from an era where broadsheet newspapers were folded in half and piled up in stacks in front of newsstands, showing only the upper-half of the front page to potential customers. If an article or a picture did not appear “above the fold” [...]
Meta Watershed (Free subscription) | 17/04/2008
(Waves, by Berenice Abbott, 1958-1960) This post is dedicated to the artesian well which was La Chola. In the mid to late 1980s, I participated in a series of national workshops for a group of peer counselors working on reclaiming Southern identity and pride. This was NOT a white supremacy driven agenda; it was open to all Southerners and emphasized the need for us to acknowledge and clean up the...
NewPages Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Book Review Excerpt from LA Times Books by Susan Salter Reynolds, January 6, 2008: Our World by Mary Oliver The photographs of the late Molly Malone Cook, with a text by her partner, poet Mary Oliver Published by Beacon Books ISBN: 978-080706880-9 Pages: 96 Used to be, if you telephoned the poet Mary Oliver, her partner Molly Cook would invariably answer. She'd ask you to hold on a moment,
http://artforprofits.wordpress.com/ (Free subscription) | 17/12/2007
Celebrity Art Collectors - From Kylie to Madonna Having a celebrity purchase one of their artworks is a sure fire way for the value of an artist's work to skyrocket so keeping an eye on what artist's celebrities are purchasing works by is definitely worth while. Over the years I have received heaps of notifications and [...]
loud paper (Free subscription) | 02/10/2007
When I was up in Canada I didn't get a chance to visit Montreal. Our little Subaru skirted around the civic center and got caught in some rush hour traffic. This gave me a chance to gaze longingly at the...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 15/09/2007
Although hard numbers can't yet be found, we're at the point where there must be as many art books as there is art. This is probably a good thing.
