In the recently reimagined American Galleries at the Seattle Art Museum, we're presented with a monumental early 20th-century work by Thomas Eakins, hung beside a contemporary painting by Kehinde Wiley. William Smith Forbes is a long way from home and seems a bit out of place. Meanwhile, Anthony of Padua seems at ease. Forbes was … Continue reading Eakins and Wiley at the Seattle Art Museum
At least two* significant portraits of George Washington are being auctioned this year, one by Gilbert Stuart from the Met. I was thinking of writing a lead something along the lines of "deaccessioned portrait of slave owner offered for sale." Later in the day, President Biden gave a speech at Valley Forge, launching a campaign … Continue reading Washington at Auction
Situated north of downtown San Antonio along the famous River Walk, the San Antonio Museum of Art is housed in the historic Lone Star Brewery building complex. From the outside, the complex lacks the grandeur of Beaux-Arts facades. Multi-floored, with a subdued sun-fade yellow, the brick buildings give the feeling of genteel southern living in … Continue reading Faces On the Walls — Visiting San Antonio Museum of Art
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