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BY WAY OF THE DODO: Scott Muskgrove’s Menagerie:
Every generation defines itself, to some extent, in rebellion to their elders’. The fine art world is so caught up in its high minded, illusory and often times silly ideals about what art should be...
Robert Rauschenberg
(May 13, 2008) - I was online earlier today and read that artist Robert Rauschenberg died yesterday of heart failure. He was 82. The New York Times called him a "Titan of American Art."
First off...
More than Just a Fake
A year or so ago I was made aware of a non-Aboriginal Australian artist who was passing himself off as an Aboriginal Australian artist and making quite a bit of money in the process. The artist in...
BENONE OLARU
In the world of artists, there are some who excel to an extent that it isn’t fair to allow them to work without mention. Benone Olaru is one of them.
Born in the heart of Transylvania, in a small...
FINALLY, Validation via Art Historian
A satisfying feeling of validation has been bestowed to me. Ingrid Kamerbeek, art colleague on the other side of the planet, sent good news to me today by email. If not for her diligent monitori...