Shelley's Art History Blog

You know, American Realism has always appealed to me - especially scenes of pioneers and river life (there weren't always a gazillion miles' worth of asphalt road in this nation). ... Read More

Certainly there are many examples of this phenomenon, from hammer attacks on marble sculptures, to spray-painting masterpieces, to authorities confiscating an artist's house. I have even heard tell that ... Read More

Hooo-ah! We all just got lucky. Friend for Life, Nadine Granoff (a professional art researcher, mind you - she does this for a living, and so well she can afford ... Read More

Here we have our revolutionary, Neo-Classic friend Jacques-Louis. He strikes me as both talented and lucky - not so much lucky in his personal life, but lucky as an ... Read More

Glad somebody found this stuff. I Googled both candidates "official" positions on the visual arts, without success, for hours one day until the sledgehammer/monitor combo started looking mighty tempting. The ... Read More

Teresa Kelly, who is a kind, caring museum docent, wrote a while back with a concern of hers. Young women are always asking why they don't see more female artists ... Read More

When the Ben Shahn profile was published, the small image within was the only one for which I had permission. Mark Harden, who runs the excellent Artchive site, was ... Read More

Ben Shahn's profile was difficult to write, but not because there was little to work with. On the contrary. He created and wrote so much about so many topics, in ... Read More

The past two weeks have seen the passing of three people who each contributed much to Art History: scholastically, in a curatorial sense and creatively. Anne Coffin Hanson, 82, was ... Read More

After publishing the Artists' Birthdays lists last week, quite a few emails rolled in saying that one favorite artist or another hadn't been mentioned. Emails of this nature are very ... Read More

She brought worldwide attention to Performance Art. She supports art education, not with lip service but with cold hard cash. She has never, not once, wavered in her message ... Read More

Last week's search statistics showed that "artist birthday" (and variations thereof) was a popular choice. It's probably safe to assume that this has much to do with lesson planning ... Read More

Krehbiel is another of those amazing artists who lived long and prospered. One factoid about his life, above all others, struck me as awesome. It wasn't all of the ... Read More

This item from CNET News.com was buried amongst running protestor arrest totals, but described such an innovative blend of art and technology it's being trotted out here. A trans-Atlantic group, ... Read More