http://arthistory.we-wish.net Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:26:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_594" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="POP! A New Musical @ Yale Repertory Theater"][/caption] I was thrilled when I saw a poster promoting a new musical based on the life and art of Andy Warhol. The world premiere run of POP!, underway at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, CT, through December 19, has ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/12/07/who-shot-andy-warhol-the-musical/ It makes sense that the worlds of high fashion and art often collide, and lately I've come across quite a few crossovers.  Below, a few of the curious collaborations and inspirations I've come across recently. (Left to right) Warhol-inspired perfume; Delftware boot vase; Lady Gaga in Vogue, December '09. For $220, you ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/11/22/art-and-fashion/ Last night the Colbert Report hosted Metropolitan Museum of Art director Thomas Campbell to ask him some probing questions about the elitist art world that are on every "Blue Collar Joe Six-Pack"'s mind. Did you catch the segment? If not, click over to Comedy Central and stream that episode immediately ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/11/10/big-questions-for-the-mets-thomas-campbell-and-you/ Like many museums in Europe, most of Rome's most famous museums don't allow photography.  (Or, if they do, I'm sorry to say I was unable to take pictures because I was in class while visiting them!)  As a result, most of the images in this installment of Art in Real ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/08/30/highlights-of-rome/ Odd news of the day: Lifetime's making a straight-to-TV movie about none other than Georgia O'Keeffe, which premieres on September 19.  My first reaction: Oh dear.  Seconds later: I'm definitely still skeptical.  If you're brave enough, set your DVRs, art buffs.  My guess is this won't be PBS-quality... but it ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/08/20/georgia-okeeffe-the-movie/ Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, at the Art Institute of Chicago Now that I live in the Midwest, the Art Institute of Chicago will be popping up more and more on this blog, and I promise an extensive Art in Real Life dedicated to this huge institution once I have more than an ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/08/18/thoughts-on-the-art-institute-of-chicago/ Comments will be down today (and the site might be a little glitchy) while I do some site maintenance. Thanks for your patience! http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/08/18/technical-difficulty/ Parmagianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, 1534-40, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Image from Wikipedia What's an artist to do when he's bursting onto the scene just after greats like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael recently left it? This was the dilemma faced by the Italian Mannerists, artists who ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/08/03/madonna-with-the-long-neck/ Inspired by a college classmate's ventures into daily blogging and a thought-provoking blog entry on Smarthistory.org, I'm going to give this daily blogging thing a try with "The Daily Label".  I'll be writing a (hopefully) daily, spunky label-style post on one artwork, and at the end I'll pose one of the questions ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/07/29/the-venus-of-willendorf/ Chick lit? Romance novels? Not for the art historian or museum professional, surely!  If you're looking for a juicy read that you can apply to your day job, look no further than (the regrettably out of print) Making the Mummies Dance by Thomas Hoving.  I've been looking for a copy of this ... http://arthistory.we-wish.net/2009/07/16/abeach-read-for-the-art-historian/