the wolves of McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, ON

on a wall

in Locke st, Hamilton, ON, Canada:

Margaret Mee and the Moon Flower

Demo of a documentary about the botanical artist Margaret Mee:


Margaret Mee and the Moon Flower from Malu De Martino on Vimeo.

classical values: modern and contemporary drawings

The Power of Art: Rothko by Simon Schama (chapter VIII)

The Power of Art: Picasso by Simon Schama (chapter VII)

The Power of Art: Van Gogh by Simon Schama (chapter VI)

The Power of Art: Turner by Simon Schama (chapter V)

The Power of Art: David by Simon Schama (chapter IV)

The Power of Art: Rembrandt by Simon Schama (chapter III)

The Power of Art: Bernini by Simon Schama (chapter II)

The Power of Art: Caravaggio by Simon Schama (chapter I)

Jane Morris, the obsession of D.G. Rosetti

Canalettos's Venice - two paintings

about an Untitled Mark Rothko, 1952

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

Gerome and Alma-Tadema: antiquity imagined

'Great art has dreadful manners...'

Great art has dreadful manners. The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in the headlock, rough up your composure and then proceed in short order to rearrange your sense of reality.
     ~ Simon Schama in 'The Power of Art', 2006.

David with the Head of Goliath, Caravaggio, 1610

Li Hongbo's melting sculpture

the artist was inspired by chinese paper lanterns.

how to succeed at art school

original article.