I recently wrote about our visit to Feat. at Schermerhorn Symphony Center and the Frist Art Museum. After the show, we had the unexpected opportunity to talk with Nick Cave. My sons walked away wishing they had their drawings (above) to share with him. The night before the performance, they designed their own soundsuits using …
Infinity is my six year old’s new favorite number. It makes his eyes pop out of his head and jaw drop. Taking him to “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors,” a retrospective exhibition that includes six of Kusama’s infinity rooms, will be fun! Originally produced by the Hirschhorn Museum, the exhibition is touring North America (coming to Cleveland …
This is not how art history should be explained… or is it? There are all sorts of ways to contextualize art, but not enough choose fun as a mode for understanding art. Josse Goffin’s “Ah!” reminds me how much my children have taught me about art, especially how to see it through laughter, surprise, and …
The story of Mimi’s Dada Catifesto follows a cat’s attempts to woo an artist into taking him home, while also introducing Dada art. The book has a few memorable lines like “Only art that does not look like art is art.” And a rant by the artist to a man dressed as a lobster saying, “…Dada is like …
Did you see JR’s photos and videos of his new art installation on Instagram yesterday? Like his artwork for the Olympics in Brazil, he created his own scaffolding for his larger than life photograph. This one is closer to home (on the US/Mexico border). In honor of this artwork, I read one of my favorite …
About Two Squares is a book for children by Russian artist El Lissitizky that was first published in a dense art journal called “De Stijl” in 1922. The book weaves together the rigor of Lissitizky’s studio art practice with the mode of a children’s picture book. Different than most children’s books, you can read this book and …
Meet the Artist: David Hockney is an art activity book illustrated by Rose Blake for Hockney’s current retrospective at the Tate Britain. The illustrations are fresh and unique. The activities invite you to play like you are in Hockney’s studio, giving you a great picture of Hockney and being an artist. Below are snapshots from the book and …
Castello di Ama publishes small catalogs on each artwork they commission. Full of beautiful photographs, they unwrap the process and trigger the sense of the installation. Since these site-specific artworks won’t be traveling, I am so glad I brought these thick brochures home. I also picked up a few postcards with simple line drawings of some of …
Most of us know Dorothea Lange’s photograph of a migrant mother (pictured above) that came to symbolize the Great Depression. The picture book “Dorothea’s Eyes” by Barb Rosenstock is a short story about Dorothea’s childhood and how she was able to “help us see with our hearts.” The book traces how she overcame obstacles to become a famous …
Last summer, our family of four went to Europe to chase art. Since we returned, I’ve been writing about our experiences, the art we saw, and the art books we found. And I still have more art from our trip to tell you about! We spent about two weeks in Italy and toured the Gori …