Van Dyck’s subtle scrutiny of the human psyche [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
Van Dyck’s Prettied Up Merchants, Bankers Star in Paris Show of Portraits
Commentary on the life and career of Anthony van Dyck, favorite painter of the British and Flemish aristocracy during the early 17th century, who is being honored with a first-time retrospective of his work, now being shown at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris.
On Familiar Things: Rediscover Classical Painting
An recent OMNP discovery-this lighthearted website is the brainchild of Jan Peeters and Hermann Wundrum, two art history professors with a penchant for the eloquent as well as the absurd. Pithy reflections on altered images like the one above, “Still Life with Cheeses, Bong and DVD, 1615, have produced commentary such as this by Peeters: “Not even the great Pieter Claesz, in his seminal Still Life with Peacock Pie, Bong, and St. Elmo’s Fire DVD (1627) captured damask with such verve.”
The Smartest Guy in the Art Gallery? [Karen Donovan,Portfolio.com]
Shady dealers selling forgeries to unsuspecting collectors is typical enough. But shady collectors claiming forgery as a method of extortion? Karen Donovan reports on a recent case of the tables being turned.
Partying for Charity [Allison Schrager, More Intelligent Life]
Need a break from the recession blues? As a Young Fellow of the Frick Museum, you can pretend that it never happened, at one of their extravagant annual parties. But is this a superficial remnant of a boom era recently deceased? Allison Schrager discusses her recent foray into this “community through philanthropy.”
Amazing image! Great blog!