Hui | August 24, 2007
Time: Sept 14-16 Place: Walnut Street, Pittsburgh, PA (between South Aiken Avenue and South Negley Avenue) The best feature of the 10th Annual Art Festival on Walnut Street is that it is a juried show, which command the artists to balance between unique artistic inspiration and pop-market demand. (Sadly, the two sometimes do not converge.) [...]
Hui | August 23, 2007
Eric Zafran gave an interesting lecture about William Bouguereau yesterday at Frick Art and Historical Center in Point Breeze. But in the end, when one of the audience asked the question why Bouguereau was so “tasteless” from modern perspective, Dr. Zafran, while pointing out Bouguereau negative role in Academy by blocking and suppressing new movements [...]
Geo | August 22, 2007
(PHOTO: Butler Institute of American Art, one of many U.S. Museums with a free admission policy.)I remember a story told to me in California about some travelers from Pittsburgh wondering around Europe, in a museum looking at dinosaur bones. One commented to the tune of “there’s nothing like this back in Pittsburgh.” Just then the [...]
Geo | August 21, 2007
Nashville may be a long way from Greece, but the city’s Centennial Park may be as close as you can come without leaving the United States. Also, until the Greek ministry completes its program of restoration and reconstruction of the original Parthenon, the Nashville replica may be the closest you can come to the building [...]
Hui | August 16, 2007
It was the first time I went there for figure drawing. As the event coordinator Phil said, there was no model training in the pittsburgh area and the gallery is by his acknowledgement the only one in the metro area which both provide figure drawing session and model training at the same time. “The next [...]
Hui | August 14, 2007
As with its past tradition, the Westmoreland Museum of American Art contitue its commitment to the regional artists. From May 11, 2008 to June 8, 2008, the Juried Biennial will be hold featuring artsits from within a 100-mile radius of Greensburg.
Geo | August 12, 2007
Earlier this summer I picked up a stack of “The Arts” magazines at Wexford General Store, an antique mall on Old Route 19, north of Pittsburgh. I thought I was going for a quick diversion, and ended up in the 1920s New York art world. How wonderful antique shopping can be! I had not been [...]
Geo | August 5, 2007
Hui | August 4, 2007
eBay Title: STUNNING FOREST VIEW, SENSATIONAL ATTRIBUTION! 1870′s Winning Bid: US $5,900.00 Number of Bids: 25eBay number: 190134710763 This seller sometimes relists items that have been sold, the amount of which is high enough to wonder what’s behind those “unsuccessful” transactions. From my memory, some of the paintings have been relisted more than twice. Each [...]
Hui | August 4, 2007
The outcome result of Barridoff Auctioni on Aug 3 proves that there are plenty of money of investors and collectors, as long as there are quality of works in the market. Most of the paintings were sold within estimation, with only a few expections such as the first lot (a 19th century painting of Hong [...]
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