Monday, May 9, 2016

UPDATE: Art Blog By Bob, version 2.0

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Hello!  Welcome!  Welcome to new comers and to old friends alike!  Art Blog By Bob aims to explore the world of the visual arts primarily,...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Days of Infamy: August 21 and 22 and Major Art Heists

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For art history, August 21 and 22 are the dates that will live in infamy, not December 7th (all apologies to FDR ). In some strange nexus ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Electric Apostasy: The Day Bob Dylan Died

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For the 1950s’ generation, “the day the music died” was February 3, 1959—the day when the plane carrying Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and...
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Atomic Sublime: How Photography Shapes our View of Nuclear Warfare and Energy

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The 70 th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will undoubtedly be accompanied by ...
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A Beautiful Mind: Agnes Martin, Minimalism, and the Feminist Voice

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“When I think of art, I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life, ” minimalist artist Agnes Martin once explained . “ It is not in ...
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Between Two Worlds: The Unveiling of Yasuo Kuniyoshi

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When the Whitney Museum of American Art decided to stage in 1948 their first exhibition of a living American artist , they chose someone wh...
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Crude Behavior: How Big Oil Tries to 'Artwash' Itself

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As British Petroleum ’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig spewed enough crude into the Gulf of Mexico to be seen from space in late April 2010 , th...
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