Nick Cave article
From your colleague Judy Ericksen, a great recent profile n the New York Times of artist Nick Cave:
Nick Cave Is the Most Joyful, and Critical, Artist in America
Shared Videos
The Remarkable Story of Titian and Tintoretto’s Return to Venice
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short Sotheby’s video on works by Titian and Tintoretto:
The Remarkable Story of Titian and Tintoretto’s Return to Venice
Marc Chagall research
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, some new research on artist Marc Chagall:
Marc Chagall – New Research 9-14-2019
Here is a link to a video on The Marc Chagall Research Project.
Arp: Master of 20th Century Sculpture
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, here is a recommended short video on Jean or Hans Arp:
Andy Warhol
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger. a video lecture: “Colleagues, curators, and friends José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum, and René Paul Barilleaux, McNay Head of Curatorial Affairs, discuss the changing nature of Andy Warhol’s image over his lifetime, as he saw it and as others captured it.”
Documentary of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
From your colleague Mary Aamoth, a recommendation for:
The Fabulous Life of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
It is available on Amazon.
How to Paint Like Frank Bowling
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a great short video from the Tate on artist Frank Bowling:
How to Paint Like Frank Bowling
Video with Vera Lutter
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger,
What’s It Like to Be Intersex?
From Daliya Jokondo, a video from the Atlantic:
Titus Kaphar TED Talk
From Curatorial Fellow Esther Callahan:
Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present.
Video on Rembrandt
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video from the artist Jenny Savile, in which she “reveals the process behind her new self-portrait, painted in response to Rembrandt’s masterpiece “Self-Portrait with Two Circles,” for an exhibition at Gagosian London. She details the extensive influence Rembrandt has had on her painting practice.”
Van Gogh – Challenging the ‘Tortured Genius’ Myth
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video on “Van Gogh – Challenging the ‘Tortured Genius’ Myth” from the Tate:
From Picasso to Motherwell: A Singular Vision of 20th Century Artistic Innovation
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a brief video, “In this episode of Expert Voices, Sotheby’s Contemporary art specialist Michael Macaulay discusses highlights from the Collection of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg, to be offered across a series of sales in New York, beginning this May. The Steinberg Collection stands as one the great private curatorial achievements of the past fifty years, and contains works by many of the most recognized artists of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Agnes Martin, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland and Mark Rothko. Together, these incredible works mirror the progression of Modern art from figuration to abstraction and beyond, providing an exciting and critical reevaluation of how these artists relate to each other and offering a fresh perspective on each work individually.”
Judy Watson, Australian Artist
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video from the Tate on artist Judy Watson, who explores her aboriginal ancestry in her art:
Judy Watson: Artists are Strange Creatures
Paul Cezanne
From Kathleen Steiger, a Christie’s short video on Cezanne, his life and still lifes:
And from the National Gallery, and in-gallery talk on Cezanne’s Bathers:
Paul Cezanne: The father of modern art
Pierre Bonnard, Dining Room in the Country
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, our Bonnard painting is highlighted in a short introductory video to the Bonnard exhibition at the Tate in London:
Conserving a Yup’ik Mask
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video on the conservation of a Yup’ik mask in the Met Museum. Kathleen noted that many Yup’ik symbols are explained, too:
Smarthistory videos with Mia curators
In a partnership with the online learning site Smarthistory, Mia’s curators took part in producing videos on some of the key works in our collections:
Enjoy!
Henry Oscar One Bull, Custer’s War
From your colleague Linda Krueger, a wonderful short video on the work by Tȟatȟáŋka Waŋžíla (Henry Oscar One Bull), Custer’s War, now on display in G301:
Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun information
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video on an upcoming sale at Sotheby’s on “The Female Triumphant,” which includes information on Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun: