Monthly Archives: April 2021
Art On The Line
Live auction as of 5;37 AM April 18, 2021. Sign up for alerts of upcoming auctions.
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They Were Nice People. Generally.
Updated September 5, 2021 “They were nice people. Generally.” Reportedly said by a witness to the dealings of Richard Nixon’s inner circle. That included henchmen like H.R.Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and John Mitchell. Nice people. Generally. Working Around Connected People in … Continue reading
Hong Kong Spring Fine Art Sales by Sothebys
I can’t express how wonderful this video is. A true gift to the art world. If you love the stories and education behind shows like Antique Road Show, you will totally enjoy this video. Sotheby’s continues to bring people into … Continue reading
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A Bigger Take on The World
This tiny print had no sense of space. I could see the poster being even bigger. But not enough pixels. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Farley (@tgfarley)
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This Or An Opium Den. Maybe Both.
After three decades I am getting closer to getting the treatment I have wanted all along: ECT or electro-convulsive therapy. My psychiatrists in the past have been a conservative lot. Medicine and talk therapy were the only choices. ECT wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged ect, elctroonvolsive therapy, insomnia, medication, mental health, nightmaares, opium, psychoactive drugs
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Drywall and Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus
We’ve all seen photos of Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli, circa mid -480s. What we don’t see is scale. I was remarking to a former art instructor how very different Van Gogh’s paintings look like in person compared … Continue reading
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Tagged art, botticelli, paintings, perspective, scale, the birth of venus
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As Long As a Free Man Breathes There Will Always Be a Rhodesia
Updated September 22, 2021 As Long As a Free Man Breathes There Will Always Be a Rhodesia When I was growing up I admired plucky little Rhodesia from afar. It is now called Zimbabwe. Like the Weimar Republic or perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged bush war, camelot, colonial powers, history, ian smith, legends, lost causes, mugabe, racial injustice, rhodesia, southern rhodesia, the african continent, war, weimar republic, white government, zermatt, zimbawe
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How Can You Live With Yourselves?
I’m continuing to be distressed over the number of phone calls I make to medical offices that are never returned or are returned long after a question needed to be answered, I don’t make many calls. Those I do are … Continue reading
My Bad. And my Bad Guy Moment.
I thought the neighborhood in Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” video was in Palm Springs. Had to be. Turns out the location was Balboa Heights which is a part of the greater San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. The most featured … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, bad, bad guy, balboa highlands, billie eilish, mid-century modern, palm springs, san fernando valley, video
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Kitsch-man as Tourist by Ludwig Giesz. And the Rise of the Selfie.
What is kitsch? Everything in the last town I lived in which was Las Vegas. I know it when I see it. I’ll leave a better definition to dictionaries and the great book KITSCH: The World of Bad Taste by … Continue reading →