Senior Curator of European and American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, Oliver Meslay told a crowd of docents assembled at the museum Monday that it wasn't the easiest exhibit to put together, nor the most obvious. Rather the need for Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy … Continue reading Oil and Canvas, Art for Jack and Jackie
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On Lincoln in Lincoln (Nebraska)
Washington was chosen as the site for the Capital of the United States because of its proximity to the geographical center of the country. Of course if that decision were being made today, a city named after another oft-admired president would fit the bill. Lincoln, Nebraska was named in 1867 after the recently assassinated President … Continue reading On Lincoln in Lincoln (Nebraska)
Davies Exhibition at Spanierman Gallery
A leading figure in the organization of the transformational 1913 Armory Show, Arthur B. Davies (1862–1928) is the subject of a new exhibition at Spanierman Gallery in New York. The show includes works rendered from the 1890s through the 1910s by this visionary member of the Eight. Davies often rendered his own interpretations of ancient myths, … Continue reading Davies Exhibition at Spanierman Gallery