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Art Log January 15, 2024: Fashion advertising, sad notes for art education, and the solving of a message mystery

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A work by American portrait painter Thomas Sully had me wondering if the 19th-century Philadelphian could have had an outsized influence on fashion advertising. Long before Modigliani and best known for his portraits of women, many Sully paintings have an exaggerated neckline. This is the case with this portrait of Mrs. Caspar Wistar Morris (1808) … Continue reading Art Log January 15, 2024: Fashion advertising, sad notes for art education, and the solving of a message mystery

East Meets Texas, Part 1–Mary Baskett Collection of Japanese Fashion at the Crow Collection of Asian Art

Japanese Fashion at the Crow Back left: Yoshi Yamamoto, Sweater and underdress, wool, 2012 Back right: Issey Miyake, 132_5 Dress (polyester) 2010-2011
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Two exhibitions have brought Japanese art to the city of Dallas. It is a welcome change from shows like the staid flower paintings of Bouquets at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA). These two exhibitions, one at DMA (Between Action and the Unknown: The Art of Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga) joined The Mary Baskett Collection of Japanese … Continue reading East Meets Texas, Part 1–Mary Baskett Collection of Japanese Fashion at the Crow Collection of Asian Art