December 31st, 2010 
Geo 
The importance of water to ancient Maya is not information I would have sought out on my own, it’s just not. In fact, experiencing little connection to the paintings of Salvator Rosa, also at the Kimbell, I wandered into the fiery pool without much information about this ancient civilization. A quickly realized I would need [...]
Posted in Art, Museum, Show & Gallery 
Tags: Fiery Pool, Fort Worth, Kimbell, Maya, Salvator Rosa 
2 Comments » December 30th, 2010 Geo 
I went by the Kimbell Museum again today and saw the progression of the construction activity. It appears we’ve moved passed the destruction phase and its clear now why the trees couldn’t stay. The hole is so deep they would probably have destroyed the root structure anyway. It was amusing reading an item in Fort [...]
Posted in Architecture, Museum Tags: Charles Birnbaum, Cultural Landscape Foundation, Kimbell, trees 1 Comment » December 29th, 2010 UAA Team 
An article about dealer Frederick Klass Jr., the tv show American Pickers and the launch of the Highwood Street Market in Illinois is the top article for 2010 on Urban Art & Antiques. The site has also increased in popularity during the year, up 212 percent according to Google Analytics. A few people must have [...]
Posted in Antiques, Art, Museum, Show & Gallery Tags: Antiques in Charlottesville, Art Institute of Chicago, Crow Collection, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, Depression Glass, Dolly Johnson Antique Show, Fenimore Art Museum, Frederick Klass, HADA show, Heritage Auctions, Highwood Market, Houston, Kimbell Museum, Master Drawings, Meadows Museum, Monticello, Nasher Sculpture Garden, Ralph Willard Antiques Show, Randolph Street Market, Randolph Street Market and the shows of Round Top, Seargent, Seraphine, Southern Methodist University, Swann, Texas. Visits to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, the Philbrook in Tulsa the Amon Carter, the Winter Antique Show in New York, THETA show in Houston, Timken Art Museum No Comments » December 28th, 2010 Lin 
The beauty of sunny San Diego may be a distraction to any indoor activity, yet art is ubiquitous. Amidst the lush green of Balboa Park are a few art museums, mostly housed in the original buildings from the Panama–California Exposition in 1915. Due to the limits of time, we chose just two: San Diego Museum [...]
December 28th, 2010 UAA Team 
A pioneer in almost all forms of visual art, Andy Warhol used everyday images to raise questions about American art and culture in the 1960s. Through his experiences in New York, he helped redefine the relationship between pop culture and high art, paving the way for a new generation of artists and critical thinkers, like [...]
Posted in Artist, Books Tags: Agnes Martin, Andy Warhol, Craig Owens, CUNY, Douglas Crimp, Fanny Knapp Allen, Guggenheim, MIT, Museum, New York, Reina Sofia Museum, Rochester, Warhol Foundation No Comments » December 28th, 2010 David Sokosh 
There are a great many art and antique shows in New York. The number can easily overwhelm the newcomer or the seasoned veteran. You must pick and choose which shows to attend if you plan to survive. If you have the opportunity, choose the American Art Fair at the National Academy Museum. This year the [...]
Posted in Art, Artist, Museum, Show & Gallery Tags: Adelson Gallery, Alexander Gallery, American Art Fair, Andrew Wyeth, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Ash Can School, Avery Galleries, Blanche Lazzell, Cassat, Debra Force Fine Art, George Washington, Gerald Peters Gallery, Gilbert Stuart, Godel & Co. Fine Art, Grandma Moses, Hammer Galleries, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, John Sloan, Langley, Menconi & Schoelkopf, National Academy, Questroyal Fine Art, Thomas Colville Fine Art, William D. Lewis No Comments » December 28th, 2010 UAA Team ![By Alan Light. [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Adam_west.png "By Alan Light. [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")
This year marks the 45th Anniversary of the Classic ABC TV Series Batman. To celebrate this milestone, the Classic TV Batman himself, Adam West will make an appearance at Steel City Con, March 4-6 at the Monroeville Convention Center east of Pittsburgh. Adam West’s role as Batman in the classic television series and the 1966 feature [...]
December 27th, 2010 Pearl 
Trying to drum up interest in an empire game table these days may be a little like trying to sell a tree after Christmas. The country is just not in the mood for empire. A table coming up at Christie’s January 21 seems to have several things going for it beyond a stately and adorned [...]
December 26th, 2010 ewmiller 
There are many other attractions in San Diego to lure visitors other than art. That’s particularly true this time of year. One of those attractions is palm tree-filled Balboa Park, which happens to be home to a number of museums, including two art museums. The first stop was the San Diego Museum of Art. This [...]
December 21st, 2010 UAA Team 
Like the birds that escape the winter for warmer climates, sculptor Ken Newman of Cambridge, Idaho heads south for his ninth year at the Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale Arizona. In its 21st year, the Celebration of Fine Art continues to be a fusion of the best art galleries, art shows and working artist [...]
