Shelley's Art History Blog May 2006 Archive

Now that everything (including some uncooperative software) is back to normal after the long holiday weekend, Stan Parchin and I have completed a treat for your eyes. We've got a ... Read More

Every quarter we gift you with our version of the current "creme de la creme" art exhibitions listings, and the unofficial start of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is no ... Read More

Warning: If you ever catch yourself thinking "Hmmm ... I wonder what's new in the world of Performance Art?" you are certain to find out quickly. This just happened to ... Read More

I don't know if it's the swirling drama, tortured emotion, elongated limbs, flying cows, preponderance of 16th-century symbolism crammed onto one canvas or a sign of cognitive deficiency, but I ... Read More

Well, no, that wasn't me blaspheming out loud (at least not now, and never here) but, rather, the title of Damien Hirst's next Big Project. No more sharks or sheep, ... Read More

Fungus Invades Prehistoric Location by Stan Parchin Thursday, May 18, 2006 Despite state-of-the-art climate controls that protect one of mankind's earliest artistic accomplishments, the caves in Lascaux, southwestern France have contracted Fusarium solani, ... Read More

In the course of working towards assembling all of my Da Vinci Code-related things into one neat package, I discovered a few things. First, it seems as if there is ... Read More

When Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, first reviewed Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur in 2005, circumstances were different. The exhibition itself was still at ... Read More

Ambassadors Too Fragile to Travel Two Miles for Engagement by Stan Parchin Thursday, May 11, 2006 Holbein in England, an international loan exhibition of 40 portrait and subject paintings, accompanied by some 120 ... Read More

Writing about Double Take: From Monet to Lichtenstein has been a hoot. This special exhibition is on display until September 24, 2006 at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington ... Read More

This serves as notice that next Sunday is Mothers' Day in the United States. Since we seem to require a special day in order to acknowledge the Hardest Job in ... Read More

By Stan Parchin May 6, 2006 New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on March 22, 2006 that Geneva, Switzerland is home to its new overseas office. The facility's first Director for ... Read More