Are you an ardent art enthusiast and love collecting varied artworks? Even if you answered yes, today’s money crunching situation might make you hesitate about buying an original work. Add tariff rates to the painting’s price and you are all set to spend a fortune. Unlike other paintings, oil paintings have a special appeal that […]
Difference and desire in American portraiture
Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture surveyed almost a hundred years of queer subjectivity in American portraiture. The strong vision by co-curators Jonathan Katz and David Ward illustrated the legacy of sexual difference in art history, and the necessity of witnessing its complexities. The exhibition included significant portrait paintings of art from 19th-century artists […]
The War of Images
Nearly 10 years after the phrase “war on terror” was coined, it continues to capture the attention and imagination of the American public. Despite having been retired from the lexicon with the election of Barack Obama, who opted for the phrase “overseas contingency operation,” the struggle against nameless and faceless terrorists still conjures images of […]
The art of found objects
The art of found objects–the ordinary, the unimportant, the neglected, the overlooked, as W.J.T. Mitchell describes them –often seeks to reveal some special status in items that are otherwise discardable. These include empty bottles, single buttons, inkless pens, rags–in a word, “garbage.” In this realm of discovery and redemption, the status of books is quite […]
2011 Rendezvous – The Perfect Vacation!
Make plans now to come to beautiful Helena, Montana for the 2011 Western Rendezvous of Art! Presented by and benefiting the Montana Historical Society, this year’s Rendezvous will be held August 18-21 and once again offer many opportunities to enjoy top-quality art and talk with the artists whose work is featured. The forty-seven members of […]