A long-time supporter of the arts in Calgary, and our dear friend, Harry Palmer passed away this...
The 10,000 Year Clock?
Quite some time ago, though not long in the context of the 10,000 year clock, I read The...
Be Cool – Permission to make Useless Art – Martha Rich
We don't know anything much about Martha Rich, but she says something we really like, "I am giving...
Frank Stella at The Whitney November 2015
painting, sculpture, crazy stuff, glorious to behold. That's what this terrific view of Frank...
Alexander Caldwell at KOAC
ALEXANDER CALDWELL has a small sculpture installed on the grounds of the Kiyooka Ohe Arts Center,...
KAWS
KAWS does it all, a gentle sensibility that appeals, his blog is here,if you want to learn more....
Reneisidore-Panmuphle: A Website in Absurd Triplets
For the past year, every day at 6:30 A.M. Hunter Doyle has organized and recorded his research from the previous day. Hunter is s a 2nd year student of architecture,studying at The AA, London. He has organized his archive into 153 folders. creating a new folder for...
Contemporary Art We Like at Bonhams
There are works that stand out for me, it isn't limited to a style, a genre, or perhaps it is, The genre of Zoot. Bonhams is auctioning in New York this fall: FRANCESCO CLEMENTE "I believe there is such a thing as an imagination shared by the different contemplative...
William Butterfield – Christ Church, Fredericton NB
One more in our occasional views of the work of William Butterfield, a High Church Anglican with the inside track on a great deal of Anglican Church architectural work of the mid 1800's. Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, was built 1846-53 to the...
Gotta Love that Nose Art!
Nose art is the art form found on many Allied Forces bombers and fighter planes, and WWII was the golden age. Squadron insignia was painted on aircraft in WWI in wild and varied ways but true nose art began in WWII with the pasting of images from "mens magazines" on...
Our Lady of Lourdes, Tuktoyaktuk,1982
A boat that sailed its way into the history of the Canadian Arctic, Our Lady of Lourdes was donated to the Northern missions by Pope Pius XI and she sailed the Beaufort Sea from 1931 to 1957. For more than 20 years, Our Lady of Lourdes, guided by Captain Billy...