Gino De Dominicis is likely an artist you may not be familiar with. This is for good reason.  He spent most of his life avoiding contact with the art world and is widely viewed as an illusive and mysterious artist.  If you’ve heard of him, you know he’s quite an interesting story.  The Rome based artist was some what of a cult figure in European art circles and know for his eccentricities. The myth’s about the artists biography are especially interesting concerning his reported death in 1998.  (more…)

Geometry as Image opened in January at Russell Bowman Art Advisory in Chicago and runs through the end of March (March 21st).  If you love modern geometric abstraction, and want to see 20+ world class artists work, Geometry as Image is for you.  These works on paper by such known artists have an intimacy that allows a wonderful insight into the artists known larger works.  These are incredible works and wonderful lineup of artitsts.

JANUARY 16 – MARCH 21, 2009 (more…)

Well, its no lie that we’re suckers for a good modern art and design auction, and one of the best here in the Midwest, and for that matter in the country, is hosted by Chicago’s very own Treadway-Toomey Gallery. You can see a nice preview of the auction lots here.  We see several pieces we’d like to take home, but given our paycheck-away-from-poverty status, we’ll just admire from afar. (more…)

smARThistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional and static art history textbook. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker began smARThistory in 2005 by creating a blog featuring free audio guides in the form of podcasts for use in the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

“Soon after, we embedded the audio files in our online survey courses. The response from our students was so positive that we decided to create a multi-media survey of art history web-book. We created audios and videos about works of art found in standard art history survey texts, organized the files stylistically and chronologically, and added text and still images.”

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An eco-friendly alternative to disposable cups, this double-walled porcelain version with a pliable silicone lid keeps beverages hot and doesn’t burn your hand. Dishwasher-safe. Cup is microwave-safe. (James Burgess, 2007 )

We recently purchased two of these for the offices of Culture Clod and I have to say, they are as advertised.  They are not paper cups.  We especially like that they are dishwasher and microwave safe.

You can find these everywhere these days; the word is out.

Amazon ($16.49)

MoMa Store ($18.00 members)