Last December, I had the beautiful pleasure of visiting the San Francisco Museum of  Modern Art.  It was, literally, a dream come true for me – especially since I’ve had a long withstanding love affair with art.
I wanted to write about one of my modern art favourites: Henri Matisse.  His contributions to the art world [...]

I stumbled upon this short film when I was browsing linked blogs on the New Yorker.  This animated short is for all purveyors and patrons of fine art all over – from Picasso to Michelangelo, to Munch – this film is a hilarious pun on our preconceptions on their art, the weird things that they [...]

We have to live with the certainty that we’ll get old and that it won’t look nice. Or be good or feel happy. And tell ourselves that its now that matters: To build something, now, at any price, using all our strength. Always remember that there’s a retirement home waiting somewhere and so we have [...]

I am currently drawn to the fashion illustrations of Georges Barbier. His noveau-inspired style, his feminine silhouette provide an interesting, refreshing alternative to a lot of contemporary art I’ve been exposed to.
Mr. Barbier was a costume designer, known for his flamboyant designs and artful craft. I would even dare conclude that he was probably inspired [...]

Contrary to my initial belief that Mr. Klimt belonged to the Impressionist era, I’m delighted to find out that he’s an Austrian who belonged to the prominent “Art Noveau” scene back in the 1800s.
Other trivia include the fact that this free-spirited manner of creating artwork – is probably also due to the fact that his [...]