http://blog.art-tistics.com Art Ambassadors Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:57:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Background: As announced here: "the Rubell Family Collection is one of the leading collections of contemporary art in the world. Started in 1964, soon after Don and Mera Rubell were married, the Rubell Family Collection operates as a non-profit organization based in Miami where it presents rotating, curated exhibitions and hosts ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=236 The new Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts, at $150,000, is the largest juried prize in the world, and it is supposed to go to an individual emerging visual artist. Philadelphia banker and real estate mogul Jack Wolgin is a very generous man who wants the prize to ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=235 Colleen Henderson, Chatham Light Beach If you're a photography fan in the Greater DC area, then you know that Factory Photoworks Multiple Exposures Gallery on the second floor of the Torpedo Factory is one of the best photography galleries in the Mid Atlantic region and they rightfully boast in their ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=234 By now, anytime that film critics all over the place have been rave about a movie I get suspicious that I am about to see either a heavy-handed, thick movie or something that informs us yet again. And critics have been raving about a science fiction film titled District ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=233 If you've ever been to Alexandria, Virginia, chances are that you've walked down King Street to the beautiful Potomac River waterfront and explored the Torpedo Factory located where King Street meets the river. They're in the local news:"As its name suggests, the Torpedo Factory originally was used to construct ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=232 I'm not sure if this review by Blake Gopnik, the Washington Post's Chief Art Critic is a good one or not. "There's not much to see in two art projects now on view in Baltimore. That's why it's worth rushing out to get a look at them before they close ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=231 If you are an artist or art lover reading this post, then chances are that you already know what Artomatic (or AOM) is and all about this amazing spectacle. But just in case, a little review. About once a year or so, under the guiding hand of a board of hardworking artists ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=230 A guest post by Robin Tierney Here’s a cure for cabin fever: a recession-priced escape to Manhattan. If you're around the Mid Atlantic area, look for a discount fare on the Amtrak Acela (tip: board the no-cellphone “Quiet Car”). Rate-surf for the New Yorker Hotel, an architectural classic one block from Penn ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=226 By the time that this posts, I will be airborne heading West to Sedona, AZ, and I thought that it may be a cool idea to rehash some of my older thoughts on the area for all the newbies to the blog. While there's no doubt on the planet that ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=225 There are a lot of museums in Europe, mostly France, and a lot of collectors in Europe and Asia, and several major auction houses that are nervously looking to what happens in Cuba once its brutal dictatorship finally ends. They are nervous because worldwide courts have consistently recognized the right of ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=224 Awright, so it's a little departure from reviewing galleries and museums, but one of the great benefits of living in any area with universities and colleges is the terrific and affordable opportunities to enjoy the theatre and the visual arts at most of them. Theatre Widener at Chester, Pennsylvania's Widener ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=223 Isn't it interesting that life itself has an interesting way of forcing us to sometimes either reversing what we once thought were final positions, and other times life offers us a chance of defending both sides of a position? Be careful what you opine today, as it may be different tomorrow! I ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=220 A while back I got some preview tickets to the opening of the new Steven Soderbergh two-part epic about the life of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the Argentinean blue blood guerrilla leader, starring Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro in the leading role, which has already earned him Best Actor, 2008 ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=217 A few days ago I dropped by Projects Gallery in Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood in order to deliver some of my artwork, as they are taking my work to a couple of fairs in Miami this weekend. Hanging at the gallery was their "Paper" show, in which I actually have a ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=212 Depending on who "fits" the cultural/ethnic/racial/political label created in the 1970s, Hispanics or Latinos can come from ancestries from around 20 or so Spanish-speaking nations in the Americas. I think that Europe's Portugal and Spain were also once in that group but are certainly no longer there, especially in the ... http://blog.art-tistics.com/?p=211