Where are they now?
I love these painting of famous historical figures as they might look if alive today. Here’s one (there are four others at the link):
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More Bush art
Oh, and while we’re on the subject of George Bush (which we were)—here’s another article about Bush in his new avocation: painter. Last February I wrote my evaluation of Bush as a painter. Now that I’ve looked at reproductions of … Continue reading →
The wheels of justice: the Isabella Stewart Gardner perps
It was a spectacular art heist, memorable even today, twenty-three years later: the theft of thirteen works of art valued at a grand total of five hundred million dollars, but actually priceless because they are irreplaceable. There was this rare … Continue reading →
Photos: before and after
Sometimes I don’t like to confront the fact of aging. Sometimes it’s okay with me (not that anyone’s asking). These before and after photos—a person young, the same person older, in the very same pose and similar clothing—are heartbreaking, heartwarming, … Continue reading →
Pablo Picasso, house painter
Mystery solved. That’s a relief.
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They’re being mocked—of course!—by those who can’t stand him. And they were obtained illegally by a hacker and published in the press, continuing in the tradition of violating the privacy of hated Republicans and protecting almost everything about Obama that … Continue reading →
Unrelated lookalikes
Ever meet someone who looks almost exactly like someone else you know? It happens to me every now and then. Once, for example, I was at a wedding, and the groom looked startlingly like my own son, so much so … Continue reading →
Quick…
…who painted this picture? It’s a portrait of Barney, the Scottish Terrier who used to be First Dog back when George W. Bush was president, and who died Friday at the age of 12 of lymphoma. Note that “43” in … Continue reading →
Provide, provide
On one of the recent art threads, commenter “Smock Puppet” offered a link to a sculpture by Rodin entitled “She who Used to Be the Beautiful Heaulmiere”: The sculpture ‘Celle qui fut la belle heaulmié¨re’ is also known as ‘The … Continue reading →
Is there progress in art?
[NOTE: There was a great deal of interesting back and forth in the comments section here about how art has developed over the centuries, and what our greater ability to create lifelike representational art means. That’s what sparked this post.] … Continue reading →
Those paintings in the encyclopedia
When I was little, the only reference book we had in the house besides a dictionary, thesaurus, and atlas was the World Book Encyclopedia for children, an official-looking set bound in blue. On rainy and/or boring days I would flip … Continue reading →
Dance and fashion: I missed this…
…back in 2003 when acturess Lara Flynn Boyle wore it. But some looks are simply timeless, and so I’m moved to share it with you: Why, oh why, oh why, do so many beautiful women celebrities (or celebrity-seekers) try so … Continue reading →