Category Archives: art

PAINTED HOUSES IN A POLISH VILLAGE.

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Philip

PAINTED HOUSES IN A POLISH VILLAGE. Annalisa called my attention to this article by Jessica Stewart on the My Modern Met website (here). Meg Van Huygen has an article on the Mental Floss website about the village of Zalipie. Both … Continue reading →

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“CECI N’EST PAS UNE RUE”.

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Philip

“CECI N’EST PAS UNE RUE”. This article by Jennifer Rankin in the Guardian (August 22, 2018) describes a project to give new names to streets in a new development in Brussels. One of them will be called “Ceci n’est pas … Continue reading →

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TWO MOSAICS FROM A CLASSICAL LATRINE.

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Philip

TWO MOSAICS FROM A CLASSICAL LATRINE. Another new archaeological discovery was reported by Cheyenne MacDonald in an article in the Daily Mail (November 6, 2018). They are two mosaics from a latrine in Turkey from 1800 years ago (approximately 200 … Continue reading →

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REPAIRING BUILDINGS WITH LEGOS, REVISITED.

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Philip

REPAIRING BUILDINGS WITH LEGOS, REVISITED. In 2010 I posted several times, for example here, about the art project of the Dutch artist Jan Vormann to repair buildings using Legos. This article from the Telegraph shows 12 images of Vormann’s work. … Continue reading →

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DOES AN ARTIST HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE ARTISTIC USE OF A COLOR?

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Philip

DOES AN ARTIST HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE ARTISTIC USE OF A COLOR? This article on the Gizmodo website by Alex Cranz from December 27, 2016 describes in more detail the war over the rights to the artistic … Continue reading →

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STEPPING IN A BLACK HOLE.

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Philip

STEPPING IN A BLACK HOLE. I have been thinking about vantablack because of this article from three days ago on the Gizmodo website by Andrew Liszewski. It is about an art work by Anish Kapoor which consists of an actual … Continue reading →

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VANTABLACK—THE NEW “BLACKEST BLACK”.

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Philip

VANTABLACK—THE NEW “BLACKEST BLACK”. Vantablack is, according to this wikipedia entry, “the darkest artificial substance…known, absorbing up to 99.965% of radiation in the visible spectrum.” According to this wikipedia entry, “color categories and physical specifications of color are associated with … Continue reading →

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SHADES OF BLACK—MARS BLACK AND IVORY BLACK.

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Philip

SHADES OF BLACK—MARS BLACK AND IVORY BLACK.. Tom Phillips in the TLS (December 1, 2017) noted that most people know that there are a profusion of whites. He then said: “There is also more than one black. My own paint … Continue reading →

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THE GOLDEN BRIDGE.

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Philip

THE GOLDEN BRIDGE. Nick and Mary Jane each sent me this article on the Huffpost (August 2, 2018) by Chris Mcgonigal about the Golden Bridge in Viet Nam. It’s quite wonderful.

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MONET AND ARCHITECTURE.

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Philip

MONET AND ARCHITECTURE. The National Gallery in London has featured The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture. I had never thought of Monet in terms of architecture. Rosalind McKever in this interview states what has been my view of how … Continue reading →

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