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Inspiring Art Visits the Gibbes
SOMETIMES it is worth visiting an exhibit to see just one excellent work. In this case, however, there is more than one fine work and seeing them will definitely satisfy your artistic taste buds. I know I will be back for a second and third peek before March 27 when this exhibit closes. Now... Read »
Unsettling Beauty
THE FIRST THING that strikes you is the majesty, the serenity, the colors. Then you understand what you’re looking at, and it becomes heart-wrenching. An exhibit poster at the Gibbes Museum of Art says it best: “At first glance the brilliantly colored, impasto-like patterns that J. Henry Fair captures with his camera... Read »
What Was Whistler Thinking?
THAT’S THE QUESTION I kept asking myself as I gazed into the intimate world of James McNeill Whistler’s etchings at the Gibbes (until May 16, 2010). When you look at oil paintings you are generally aware of standing in front of them looking at them. But with etchings, especially good ones, you somehow step... Read »
