Here’s Where to Read Free Art Books Online
Readers and art history lovers rejoice: your holiday season is about to get much more merry. We have good news for you: Getty Publications, associated with The Getty Museum, has a virtual library where you can check out over 250 books on art, art history, and more online. Yes, we’re telling the truth. It gets […]
Our Top 8 Artistic Gifts for Kids Under $20 This Holiday Season
Scrambling for a gift for the kid(s) in your life that’s a bit more creative than this year’s big-ticket items? Don’t worry: we’ve got you covered! We were inspired Museum Shop Sunday (check out more on this movement here) to search for more arts-related gifts this holiday season that kids would actually want to receive. […]
One-Stop Holiday Shopping: Your Local Museum Store?
Looking for a unique place to find a Christmas gift for the art-lover in your life? (Or, let’s face it, a special gift for yourself?) Here’s a thought: try your local museum shop. Despite criticism by Banksy (whose film is derisively titled Exit Through the Gift Shop) and others, museum shops often serve a vital purpose: […]
Cards for a Cause: Meet Wunderkid
Have you ever considered the sheer amount of greeting cards manufactured in the United States? Unless you’re Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character in 500 Days of Summer, the answer is probably not. We hadn’t: until we heard about Wunderkid, a company that creates a variety of sustainable greeting cards. Cool, right? But that’s not all: a portion of the […]
“Loving Vincent,” The World’s First Oil-Painted Feature Film, Is Here (And It’s Stunning)
The world’s first feature film illustrated completely in oil paint is here…and, fittingly, it’s all about Vincent Van Gogh. Loving Vincent brings Vincent Van Gogh’s death—and the more mysterious bits surrounding his life—to life, through the medium which he is most known for. The film is one hour and thirty-five minutes of exclusively oil-painted illustration, in […]
Kids’ Art Reads: The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
You’d probably expect that the author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler would be able to write more than one stellar book featuring works of art at its center. And that’s true of E.L. Konigsburg. While From the Mixed-Up Files is a classic, it’s only one of Konigsburg’s novels in which art figures prominently. […]
Celebrating The Art & Icons of Día de los Muertos
In recent years, the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, has become increasingly popular. Simply look to the sheer amount of decor at Target or Pier 1 Imports: you’ll find sugar skulls and smiling skeletons in among the Halloween ghouls. Even Disneyland has an entire area of Frontierland decorated to celebrate […]
Kinesthesia & More at the Palm Springs Art Museum
In our last blog post, we mentioned Palm Springs Art Museum’s participation in Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. After taking a look at the museum’s website, we figured we’d get started in exploring as many of the LA/LA exhibits as we can…starting with Palm Springs. Luckily for us, the museum proved a great place to ease in to […]
Time to Check Out “Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA”
First of all, let’s get this out of the way: no, LA/LA isn’t related to La La Land in any way besides the fact that the art show is also centered in Los Angeles. If you don’t live in Southern California, you might not have heard about the huge exhibition, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, currently taking place […]
Going for Baroque at the Norton Simon Museum
Odds are that you’re already familiar with Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum, even if you’re not aware of it. Though you may not recognize it without the big rose emblem that generally adorns the building’s exterior during TV broadcasts of the annual New Year’s Day Rose Parade, the Norton Simon’s convenient location on Colorado Boulevard sets […]