Austin gala to celebrate Matthew McConaughey, Mark Seliger, Brandon Maxwell and Trenton Doyle Hancock and more benefiting Texas Cultural Trust By Amber Elliott Updated 1:11 pm CST, Thursday, January 10, 2019 Former Texas Medal of the Arts Award recipients Lynn Wyatt and Lauren Anderson pose for a photo with Texas Cultural Trust Executive Director Heidi Marquez Smith on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Former Texas Medal of the Arts Award recipients Lynn Wyatt and Lauren Anderson pose for a photo with Texas Cultural Trust Executive Director Heidi Marquez Smith on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Staff Photographer Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Staff Photographer Image 1 of / 22 Caption Close Image 1 of 22 Former Texas Medal of the Arts Award recipients Lynn Wyatt and Lauren … [Read more...] about Lynn Wyatt and Lauren Anderson name remaining Texas Medal of Arts Awards honorees at Houston Ballet
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Women and medieval art: ‘This tooth opens a window’
The dental calculus on the lower jaw where a medieval woman entrapped lapis lazuli pigment, seen below center tooth. The semi-precious stone was highly prized at the time for its vivid color and was ground up and used as a pigment. From this discovery, scientists concluded the woman was an artist involved in creating illuminated manuscripts, a task usually associated with monks. (Christina Warinner/Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History via AP) A piece of lapis lazuli. During the European Middle Ages, Afghanistan was the only known source of the rare blue stone which at the time was ground up and used as a pigment. Modern-day scientists who examined the 1,000 year-old remains of a middle-aged woman in Germany discovered the semi-precious stone in the tartar on her teeth. From that, they concluded the woman was an artist involved in creating illuminated manuscripts, a task usually associated with monks. (Christina Warinner/Max Planck Institute for the Science of … [Read more...] about Women and medieval art: ‘This tooth opens a window’
An art expert says his cat destroyed a painting worth $6,714
In 2015, Bendor Grosvenor, an art expert, bought a rare painting for $US6,674, he told The Telegraph. Grosvenor told newspaper his cat recently destroyed the painting by 17th-century portrait artist John Michael Wright when the animal created two small tears in the canvas. Repairs on the piece art cost almost as much as the artwork itself, Grosvenor said. The painting will never be the same. In 2015, Bendor Grosvenor, an art expert, bought a rare painting for $US6,714, he told The Telegraph. The piece was a 17th-century portrait from artist John Michael Wright. “Wright is one of my favourite artists, and I bought this example because it was in excellent condition, with all the original glazes and details wonderfully intact,” he told the newspaper. Up until recently, Grosvenor had been busy repairing the painting due to small tears caused by the canvas expanding and shrinking from the summer heat and winter cold. But when he thought he had finished his repairs, which … [Read more...] about An art expert says his cat destroyed a painting worth $6,714
What price? Art Deco Chrysler Building is heading to market
By Associated Press | | PUBLISHED: January 9, 2019 at 10:51 am | UPDATED: January 9, 2019 at 10:55 am The owners of New York City’s Chrysler Building are putting the landmark Art Deco skyscraper on the market. The building’s owners, the Abu Dhabi Investment Council and New York developer Tishman Speyer, have hired commercial real estate firm CBRE Group Inc. to market the office tower, CBRE spokesman Aaron Richardson confirmed Wednesday. The 77-story skyscraper was built between 1928 and 1930 and was the world’s tallest building until the Empire State Building claimed the title in 1931. Originally the headquarters of the Chrysler Corp., the midtown Manhattan tower with its distinctive tiered crown has long been a favorite with architecture critics and the public. It is familiar to viewers of many films including “Independence Day” and “Spider-Man.” But the nearly 90-year-old Chrysler Building is competing for tenants with new skyscrapers that … [Read more...] about What price? Art Deco Chrysler Building is heading to market
Denver Museum of Outdoor Arts’ Natura Obscura is part art exhibit, part virtual-reality experience
The Museum of Outdoor Arts has been creating immersive art experiences for more than 35 years in its sculpture gardens and indoor galleries. Its new Natura Obscura exhibit takes the concept to another level as “the most innovative indoor environment MOA has produced to date,” said Cynthia Madden Leitner, museum president.“Immersion is really kind of a cool thing to do now because of Meow Wolf,” Leitner said, referring to the Santa Fe exhibit that popularized immersive art. “But immersion is something people have been paying attention to since Louis XIV’s gardens outside Paris. It’s finding yourself completely covered in sound and smells from all angles.” Education Challenger Learning Center gets El Pomar donation to complete space science center Debbie Kelley Natura Obscura, which Leitner describes as “an artificial version of nature,” opens Friday and runs through April 28 at the museum’s indoor galleries, … [Read more...] about Denver Museum of Outdoor Arts’ Natura Obscura is part art exhibit, part virtual-reality experience