One Spring
Karl Bodek and Kurt Conrad Löw, One Spring (1941). (Never again. Who ya gonna call? The groupthink regressives? Nah! They are complicit and culpable). aestheticsArtKarl BodekKurt Conrad Löwregressive left
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Carmella Scaggs
I was saddened to learn of my friend Carmella’s passing. She had a meticulous and deep aesthetic eye but moreover she was an incredibly generous and funny spirit and rather down to earth. See the obit in SFGate. (BTW, that’s Carmella’s hand on Boz’ classic Silk Degrees album cover). ArtBoz ScaggsCarmella Scaggsmusic
Blue Dog for President
ArtGeorge RodrigueLouisianapainting
September 11
#9/119/11 never forgetArtblue dogChristopher HitchensGeorge RodrigueLiberalismReligionOfPeaceUSA
Largest Private Collection of Islamic Art
It’s one of those delicious cultural ironies (of course there are a few other examples) that a significant amount of Islamic art preservation (and more besides) is down to one Nasser Khalili, a Jewish Iranian-born academic and former art dealer. Ownership is nothing but a myth, we are only a temporary custodian of what we…
Can Neuroscience Help Us Understand Art?
Alva NoëArtGabrielle Starrneuroscience
Art and Human Nature
New book from Alva Noë. Our lives are structured by organized activities, in the large, in the small. Our lives are one big complex nesting of organized activities at different levels and scales. Talking, walking, eating, perceiving, driving. We are always captured by structures of organization. This is our natural, indeed our biological, condition. It is…
Walter Anderson: Realizations of an Artist
A terrific documentary on the life and times of Walter Anderson. A most philosophical, mystical and literary mind. Check out the trailer. aestheticsArtarts and craftsnaturalistpaintingphilosophy of artWalter Inglis Andersonwin riley
Eric Ravilious
One of my favorite artists — catch this exhibition if you can. In addition to the reviews posted on the gallery’s site, see this article in the NYRB. Ravilious reminds me of Rockwell Kent, another favorite. The Dulwich Gallery is somewhat inconvenient to get to (I used to train it) but it’s well worth the visit…
The Soul of the World
Roger Scruton’s latest (2014) garnering some warm praise, thoughtful discussion rather than the shrill or snide remarks that Roger (one of the most refined minds around) usually attracts. The Independent Wall Street Journal The FT David McPherson architectureArtCognitionconsciousnessExperiencefaithLiteraturemusicReligionRoger Scrutonscience
