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30
Sep

Announcing the New Michelangelo Gallery

We are proud to announce the launch of the newly redesigned Michelangelo Gallery! If you haven’t visited the Michelangelo Gallery in a while, you will notice that significant updates have been made to the design of the site. The redesigned logo along with the new look and feel of the website combine to enhance the site and improve the user experience. Besides the aesthetic advancements, the addition of a Google custom search makes finding the information that you are looking for on Michelangelo even easier. In addition, more images and a rotating banner of Michelangelo’s famous works including The Creation of Adam, David, The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Pieta, and The Last Judgment help bring the art of this great master to life. Thank you to The Net Impact for helping us to make these improvements in our new web design. Visit the new Michelangelo Gallery!

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21
Jul

See Art Come to Life this Summer

While there are plenty of impressive art exhibitions going on indoors this summer, it is refreshing to be able to step outside when the weather is good and enjoy some art “en plein air.” The following are some of the highlights which are taking place this summer across the globe.

View a one of a kind living interpretation of Van Gogh’s A Wheatfield with Cypresses hanging outside of The National Gallery in London made from over 8,000 plants. Read more about the living wall created by General Electric.

In Paris, France there are some of the most incredible art museums in the world, but not far from Paris you have the rare opportunity to step into an artist’s world. Monet’s home and gardens in Giverny give visitors a glimpse of the beauty that Monet worked to create in his gardens and to capture in his paintings. Walk across the Japanese footbridge or gaze at Monet’s water lilies in bloom.

In August, the city of Antwerp hosts the annual Rubens Market. Get a feel for life during the time of one of the great masters Peter Paul Rubens as people dressed in period costume in the Grote Markt will make you feel as if you are transported back to the 16th century.

The city of Detroit is taking their art outdoors this summer with The Detroit Institute of Arts’ Inside/Out project. Visitors can see 80 reproductions of famous paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts outdoors in parks and other places throughout the area.

Is there an example of art coming to life in your area this summer? Let us know!

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17
Mar

The Tate Modern, London

Last month members of the Studio of the South team had the opportunity to visit the Tate Modern in London. Crossing the bridge over to the Tate Modern, we saw the words on the building “Enjoy Great Art for Free” and knew we were in the right place. Housed in a former power station building, the Tate Modern is expansive with soaring ceilings and large rooms.

While you could easily make a day of exploring all that the Tate Modern has to offer, we spent most of our time on level 3 in Poetry and Dream as well as Material Gestures and on level 5 in States of Flux.

The Tate Modern, London

Observing the works of Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollack, Roy Lichtenstein, Alberto Giacometti, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian and Auguste Rodin, just to name a few, we were constantly amazed at how these artists redefined art in their time.

Standing in front of Monet’s Water-Lilies after 1916, I was stunned at how the painting, although much more abstract than his earlier works, captured the light and the essence of the water lily pond.

If you plan to be in London, a visit to the Tate Modern with its incredible international collection of contemporary and modern art is an experience you won’t soon forget.

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29
Dec

Famous Art Reinterpreted

The paintings of great artists are continually being recreated by those who are inspired by these works, students studying the works, and others who use alternative media to reinvent famous paintings. This last group often comes up with some of the most inventive and fun interpretations drawing new audiences to see these works in a creative way. The following examples are just a few of the many new pieces inspired by great works of art.

This week an artist from Toronto broke the world record with a mosaic created from 12,090 Rubik’s Cubes made after Michelangelo’s Hand of God from the Sistine Chapel. There is also a time lapse video showing the project from start to finish. This is not the artist’s first Rubik’s Cube mosaic; he has created others including his rendition of Da Vinci’s The Last Supper. See his works.

In another fun interpretation using 3D objects, a different artist recreated Van Gogh’s Starry Night using about 10,000 Lego® bricks. View this work.

Artist Jane Elizabeth Perkins uses found objects rather than paint to recreate works of art by some of the great masters. See her Homage to Van Gogh: Sunflowers collage which is part of an exhibition at the Orleans House Gallery in London until January 23, 2010.

If you know of creative interpretation of a masterpiece, please comment and share it with us.

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18
Oct

Famous Impressionists

With “The Birth of Impressionism” being such a big exhibition earlier this year at the de Young museum in San Francisco and now at the Frist Center in Nashville, it seemed fitting to discuss some of the most famous Impressionists. Of course to start, there is Claude Monet painter of Impression, Sunrise – the work from which the movement Impressionism got its name. Monet later went on to create such famous masterpieces as those in his Water Lilies series and The Japanese Bridge. Paul Cezanne, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot and Camille Pissarro were also among those considered the original Impressionists. Mary Cassatt, known mainly for her paintings of mothers and children, was part of some of the later exhibitions of the Impressionists. Edgar Degas is also often grouped with the Impressionists although he did not go along with a lot of the

practices common to the Impressionists including painting en plein air. If you can’t make it to see an exhibition with works by the Impressionists in person, A&E created a documentary titled the Impressionists a few years ago which helps bring these artists and their works to life on screen. For more on Impressionists or other artist sites, visit the Studio of the South.

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15
Jul

Exploring Art Museums in Paris

Art Museums are a great way to beat the summer heat not to mention experience some of the greatest works of art ever created up close.   The type of art or artist whose work you are interested in seeing may play a big role in picking a museum to visit. If you are in Paris, you have the opportunity to experience some of the finest museums in the world.

The Musée du Louvre
Located in the heart of Paris, the Louvre has one of the most impressive collections of art and artifacts in the world. With 35,000 works of art including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo the Louvre is a museum worth experiencing and spending an entire day or several to see.
For more information visit The Musée du Louvre

The Musée d’Orsay
If you are a fan of impressionist and post-impressionist works, be sure to make a trip to the Musée d’Orsay.   With masterpieces by Monet, Van Gogh, Degas, Renoir, Gauguin and more the Orsay has something for everyone. Even the museum architecture itself, a former railway station, is impressive.
For more information visit http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/visits/welcome.html

Musée Marmottan Monet

One of our Studio of the South’s most popular artists is Claude Monet. If you’re a Monet fan, you will want to visit the Musée Marmottan Monet while in Paris. The museum contains the largest collection of Monet’s in the world along with a beautiful collection of impressionist and post-impressionist works.   From Impression Sunrise to the Water Lilies the Monet collection is astounding.
For more information visit http://www.marmottan.com/

Musée National d’Art Moderne
The Musée National d’Art Moderne located in the Pompidou Centre in Paris is the largest modern art museum in Europe. The postmodern architecture is just the type of building where you would expect to find an extensive collection of modern art. Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky and Warhol are just a few of the artists who have works on display.
For more information visit Musée National d’Art Moderne

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14
Jun

At Home with the Artists

One of the best ways to get in touch with artists and their work is to see where they lived. Today the homes of many famous artists have been made into museums which give tours so that visitors can see the environment where artists created some of their most famous works.

One of the most famous artist homes and studios is the home of Claude Monet in Giverny, France. Here visitors can wander through his famous gardens, over the Japanese footbridge and gaze at floating water lilies as if to set foot in one of his paintings. His most famous scenes captured on canvas exist to this day in addition to his house and studio which visitors can tour.

If you are in Antwerp, Belgium, be sure to stop by Rubenshuis – the house of Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens bought the home in 1610 and designed an addition for it himself. With its sculpture gallery and artist’s studio with the impressive style of the Italian Renaissance, the house itself is a palatial work of art to behold. Open to the public for tours and also containing a collection of paintings by Rubens and other artists, Rubenshuis is worth a visit.

Not too far from Antwerp is the Rembrandt House located in Amsterdam. The Rembrandt house is where Rembrandt van Rijn resided between 1639 and 1658. The large Dutch home was where Rembrandt lived and worked until he went bankrupt in 1656. The Rembrandt House Museum is open for tours; in addition, there are even virtual tours of the Rembrandt House online.

Also located in the Netherlands is The Vincent van GoghHuis in the town of Zundert. Although the house where Van Gogh was born was torn down, in its place is a building which has a permanent Van Gogh exhibition. If you are in France, the beautiful town of Auvers-sur-Oise is the where the final home of Van Gogh is located. Le Maison de Van Gogh, formerly the Ravoux Inn, is open for visitors to tour Van Gogh’s upstairs room. Downstairs visitors can enjoy a meal at the café before touring the rest of the Van Gogh sites in Auvers.

Travel southwest to Spain and you can visit two of the homes of Salvador Dali. The Salvador Dali House-Museum in Portlligat, Spain is where Dali lived for much of his life. Today visitors can tour the house and his studios here. There is also a virtual tour online. From Portlligat, Dali moved to his last home which was literally his castle. The Gala Dali Castile in Púbol, Spain was Dali’s home, workshop and eventually became the mausoleum for his wife. Today the castle is open for tours, or you can see sections of it online.

Although he spent much of his life in France, between the years 1872 and 1873 Edgar Degas lived in the United States in New Orleans. Today the Degas House in New Orleans is open for tours and visitors can see where Edgar Degas lived and created over twenty works of art.

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19
May

Impressionist Festival

If you love the work of the Impressionists, then you will surely love Impressionist Normandy. This four month festival begins in June and runs through September in the Normandy region of France and is held to celebrate the Impressionist movement which began with Claude Monet’s Impression Sunrise in 1872. Cultural events including art, theatre, dance, photography, video, and more will comprise this diverse cultural experience taking place all summer long in different cities in the Normandy region. If you are in the area this summer, some of the highlights include an exhibition in Rouen will cover titled “A City for Impressionism” will cover some of the Studio of the South featured artists Monet, Pissarro, and Gauguin, the “Impressionism on the Seine” exhibition at Giverny featuring works by Monet, Renoir, Bonnard, Matisse and Caillebotte and just outside of Rouen will be an exhibition “In a Garden- Homage to” which will include photos and video interpretations of Manet’s Dejeuner sur l’Herbe. To view all of the events and learn more visit Impressionist Normandy.

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19
Apr

Online Art Tours

Today it is becoming easier and easier to see great works of art from all over the world at anytime from the comfort of your own computer. With online artist galleries and 360 degree virtual tours, more and more people can appreciate works of the great masters in high resolution without having to travel around the world. Of, course there is no replacing the real thing and seeing it up close and in person; however, for those who may never have an opportunity to go see Monet’s Water Lilies or Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in person, an online tour is a terrific opportunity to get a feel for the museum experience. Even just to see the setting of where Da Vinci’s Last Supper hangs is impressive on-screen, and allowing the viewer to turn and look in all directions helps put impressive works such as this in perspective.

Online art tours can be found on many sites, but these are a few favorites:

Leonardo da Vinci – The Last Supper – Santa Maria delle Grazie

The Sistine Chapel

Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Monet at the Musee d’Orsay

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15
Feb

Art Exhibitions in 2010

This year there are a variety of exciting art exhibitions all over the world. No matter where you are, chances are that the works of one of the great masters will be on display near you. Here are a few that have opened or are opening in the early part of this year at art museums all over the world.

By the Water-lily Pond – Monet, Yoshihiro Suda and Zon Ito, ongoing until Februrary 28 at the Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art near Kyoto, Japan.

Michelangelo: Anatomy as Architecture, Drawings by the Master, ongoing until April 11 at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Degas to Picasso – French masterpieces from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, ongoing until April 25 at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.

Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet – The Bührle Collection visits the Kunsthaus Zürich, ongoing until May 16 at the The Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland.

Masterpieces of European Painting, opening February 19 until May 16 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee.

Cézanne and American Modernism, ongoing until May 23 at the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland.

Monet and Abstraction, opening February 23 until May 30 at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Spain.

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