David Hockney is undoubtedly one of the most important of contemporary artists; all the more so because, like that other contemporary great, Gerhardt Richter, he hasn’t been seduced into the ever increasingly ridiculous nonsense that goes under the rubric of contemporary ‘conceptual art’. His latest exhibit at the Royal Academy in London is focused on [...]
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Will Art Ever Meet Science? Images at the London Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum in London is making a great attempt at blending an artistic perspective with their main focus of activity – science education. A previously mounted conceptual art exhibit was reviewed in this blog. The museum has now opened a new gallery entitled Images of Nature focused on showcasing the over half-a-million drawings, [...]
Henri Rousseau for The Year of the Tiger
Henri Rousseau’s naif art paintings were mercilessly criticized during his lifetime. He struggled, and failed, to achieve acceptance by the art establishment. Within a couple of decades of this condemnation, his art was hanging in the world’s leading museums. So much for the establishment. Rousseau was fascinated by jungles and the environment they produce. His [...]
Crash and Burn – Again
The deep recession that hit the world in 2008 may be remembered as one of the greatest missed opportunities for the world’s environmental movement.
