Tag Archives: Metropolitan Museum of Art

SLIPPING THROUGH THE BACK DOOR

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Dave

”Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869-1955), oil baron, philanthropist and art connoisseur was born in Istanbul to a prosperous Armenian banking family. When he was 14, his father, Sarkis Gulbenkian, gave him 50 piastres for successful schoolwork. Calouste raced off to the … Continue reading →

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Naturalist Art Keeps Its Plants On

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Dave

A collaboration with nature resulting in sculptures with an ecological art narrative. Call it coaxing nature and romancing the stone. Andy Goldsworthy uses nature as his canvas and creates arrangements and composition with materials generally found on the work’s site. Nothing … Continue reading →

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Scratch and Sniff Museum

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Dave

The allure  of the Metropolitan Museum of Art rests mainly  in the rivalries, the machinations, the sexual intrigues of many of the men of fortune, and power and bloodline. It’s in the intestinal workings of an autocratic circle of trustees … Continue reading →

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