Seattle Art Blog - News, Discussion, and Events

Feb 25, 2006 "Let Lichtenstein pop a smile on your face," says Regina Hackett in a Seattle P.I. review.  You can also go to The Henry website for more information about the exhibit and events planned around it. Pictured is Explosion (from Portfolio 9) 1967, Lithograph, Collection of Jodan D. Schnitzer. Courtesy of the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein and the Henry Art Gallery..

Feb 24, 2006

"Hunting for art on 15th Avenue East is a real treat," says Steven Michael Vroom, writing for the Capitol Hill Times. Read the article, and let Steven tell you about his discoveries.

Feb 17, 2006 Jen Graves over at The Stranger seems to feel that Chihuly's lawsuit is going to bring out a lot of information about Chihuly's methods that won't help his image. I don't know beans about copyright law but find the whole thing fascinating. Read the entire article.

Feb 13, 2006

"Thomas Mann: Storm Cycle, an Artist Responds to Hurricane Katrina," comes to the Bellevue Arts Museum on Friday and stays up until May 21.Mann tells the story of the hurricane with a series of panels using found objects from the streets of New Orleans..

Feb 9, 2006

Jen Graves, writing for The Stranger, shares her thoughts on the blockbuster show currently on view at the Tacoma Art Museum, "The Great American Thing:Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935." I love the way this gal writes.

Feb 7, 2006

According to an article in the UK's Guardian Unlimited, stress levels can fall 45% after 40 minutes in an art gallery. So, throw away the valium, and get thee down to the nearest art gallery.

Feb 3, 2006 Between the Nazis and the Communists, Czech painters and sculptors, before and during World War II ,were expected to create only that which the powers that be approved as "appropriate."  Crafty and bright glass artists were able to escape the state censors; Matthew Kangas, writing for the Seattle Times, tells you how and why. If you have an interest in glass, this article is a must read. Matthew also says, "Czech Glass 1945-1980: Design in the Age of Adversity, " is "exactly the kind of exhibit the Museum of Glass in Tacoma should be doing."  I totally agree.