artbliss

Originally posted on Retrenders:
Awhile back Amazon created a cool Retro Video Game Shop and Amazon.com has been expanding their reach and now they will also sell collectible fine art and modern contemporary art. Andy Warhol on Amazon.com!  Chagall and Dali on Amazon.com! Amazon has gathered top galleries and artists to sell Fine Art from…

Originally posted on Nature, Art, and Literary Musings:
A list of NY museums and their free nights. American Folk Art Museum: Free always. American Museum of Natural History: Pay what you wish anytime. Bronx Museum: Free always. Brooklyn Museum: Pay what you wish anytime. Center for Book Arts: Free always. Cooper-Hewitt: Fr. 6-9 pay what you wish…

Originally posted on Hansel, &c.:
Good art makes you think; great art inspires action. One of the best concerts I’ve ever attended was Daniel Martin Moore, Ben Sollee, and Yim Yames performing at the Jefferson in Charlottesville, Virginia on their Appalachian Voices Tour. I’ve seen Ben Sollee in concert many times over the years;…

Originally posted on kayohdesign:
What designer would you say is an icon? What makes them iconic? Design Within Reach lists these designers as iconic… 1. Le Corbusier 2. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 3. George Nelson 4. Charles and Ray Eames 5. Arne Jacobsen 6. Hans Wegner 7. Eero Saarinen 8. Marcel Breuer 9. Verner…

Originally posted on Art & Architectural History Buzz:
ART & ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY NEWS MUSEUM NEWS Masterworks for One and All Source: NYT, 5-29-13 Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” (1642) on display in the Rijksmuseum. Museums, long reluctant to post good-quality images of their artworks online, are rethinking that strategy as innovators like the Rijksmuseum…