Category Archives: exhibit reviews
Review#3: Museum of Art and Design
The new Museum of Art and Design overall may not be worth your time but there are two significant pieces of their collection that should no be missed. Meanwhile the rest of the museum’s five floors are hit and miss … Continue reading
Blow Up
REALITY CHECK: TRUTH AND ILLUSION IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City Reviewed by Julie “Jigsaw” Ashcraft Stumbling upon this exhibit after wandering through galleries of crusty mummies is a bit of a shock. The extremely glossy … Continue reading
Photography and the Art of Storytelling
Many mistake the art of photography as simple captures for the purpose of “memories.” But in reality, it’s much more than that—it’s about seizing a moment, and all it entails, for others to experience as if present in its occurrence. … Continue reading
Cornell Capa Review
“Cornell Capa: Concerned Photographer” in the International Center of Photography is an exhibition that exemplifies the meaning of photojournalism. The work of Cornell Capa, a photographer for Magnum and Life magazine, spreads from Guatemala to Argentina to Nicaragua and covers … Continue reading
Review 3: History and us
The Museum of Natural History has a wide variety of collection on different things from the past not only from the United States but from all over the world. It is a place where history has been brought back to … Continue reading
Starry Night
As the title states, Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ is a painting of the night sky. It is the view outside of his hospital room window and was painted during the day from memory. It recaptures the essence of everything … Continue reading
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
The Vanity of Creation: Review 3 by: danii oliver Having trouble with over designing or using too many ingredients in one image, I decided to step back in time to a period when Art wasn’t trying to make a statement; … Continue reading
Gallery Review 3
For this gallery visit, I chose a contemporary gallery called Gallery Nine 5 located between the trendy parts of Soho and the Lower East Side. These galleries are known for great works of urban and upcoming artists. The gallery showcased … Continue reading
Live Forever Being Someone (2nd review)
Most museums showcase exhibits of artists who became well known after death, but the unique thing about the New Museum is that the artists are still alive. The New Museum has been around since 1977, but it was renting spaces … Continue reading
The Art of Politics: Turkey Pardons
W. Methodology and Behavior Performance and Exhibit at The White House Reviewed by Julie “Jigsaw” Ashcraft W. will pardon more than one turkey. (The Associated Press and Reuters will provide images when he does.) Don’t miss this show. I’m sure … Continue reading