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Real Art in Real Places: The Bye & Bye, Portland
Power of Art, Part 3 (Puppets!)
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Goodbye, Old Friend!
Power of Art, Part 2
Ginevra
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Power of Art
Met Faves – Van Gogh and *Real* Art History
Met Faves That Wouldn’t Let Go
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The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
Met Faves Part 2
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Invisible Cities by Terri Saulin-Frock
McGurk Mysteries
Public Art – 2nd Avenue Subway
Accumulations, Courtesy of Yayoi Kusama
The Homely Protestant
Terra Cotta Warriors
Physicians, Heal Thyselves – with Art!
The Oak and the Cypress: Roadblock
Just wanted to share
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The Oak and the Cypress: Tangier Overture
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Pride Paintings
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The Sketchbook Project
The Lavender Menace Series
The Italy Paintings
More Abstractions
Solo Show Explores Gay Marriage
Artist Donates 10% of Sales to OneOrlando Fund
12 Paintings in Exhibition to Honor Orlando
Pride Project #30 – Barbara Jordan
Pride Project #29 – Dave Kopay
Pride Project #28 – Lorraine Hansberry
Pride Project #27 – Geri Jewell
Pride Project #26 – Leonard Matlovich
Pride Project #25 – Sylvia Rivera
Pride Project #24 – Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Pride Project #23 – St. Brigid
Pride Project #22 – Dr. James Barry
Pride Project #21 – Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Pride Project #20 – Lesbian Pirates
Pride Project #19 – “Gay Bar” Is Published
Pride Project #18 – Gladys Bentley
Pride Project #17 – Jewel’s Catch One
Pride Project #16 – First Supreme Court Victory
Pride Project #15 – Oscar Wilde
Pride Project #14 – Tee Corrine
Pride Project #13 – Sip-in at Julius, 1966
Pride Project #12 – Prince Manvendra Singh Gonil
Pride Project #11 – Willa Cather
Pride Project #10 – Patricia Highsmith
Pride Project #9 – Loraine Barr
Pride Project #8 – Louise Fitzhugh, Creator of Harriet the Spy
Pride Project #7 – Edmonia Wildfire Lewis
Pride Project #6 – Bayard Rustin
Pride Project #5 – Billie Jean King
Pride Project #4 – Il Sodoma
Pride Project #3 – Billy Tipton
Pride Project #2: Sappho
Pride Project #1: Pauli Murray
Real Art in the Real World
Hearing Your Work Matters: Priceless
Behind the Scenes, Part 2
City of Federal Way Awards Solo Show to Local Artist Maura McGurk
Maura McGurk Wins People’s Choice Award at City Hall Exhibition
Road Trip: Van Gogh’s Arles, Part 2
Road Trip: Van Gogh’s Arles
Art Opening at Pimienta Bistro & Bar
Paper Collages
Published!
365 Days of Art: December 31 – Brunelleschi Wins Competition to Top Duomo with Lantern
365 Days of Art: December 30 – Mob Destroys Michelangelo’s Statue
365 Days of Art: December 29 – Eisenhower Orders Soldiers to Take Responsibility for Protecting World’s Art
365 Days of Art: December 28 – Leonardo Sketches Hanged Corpse
365 Days of Art: December 27 – NYC Mayor Doesn’t Understand Gorky’s Work
365 Days of Art: December 26 – Diego Conquers NY
365 Days of Art: December 25 – Cornell Prefers His Exhibitions to Fall on Christmas
365 Days of Art: December 24 – Las Meninas Saved from Fire; Over 500 Other Works Burned
365 Days of Art: December 23 – Vincent Cuts Off Ear
365 Days of Art: December 22 – Basquiat is Born
365 Days of Art: December 21 – Donors Raise $68M to Keep Painting in Philly
365 Days of Art: December 20 – Frida and Diego Leave the US
365 Days of Art: December 19 – Nathan Oliveira is Born
365 Days of Art: December 18 – Leonardo Draws Fire Set by Swiss
365 Days of Art: December 17 – Man Buys Raffle Ticket; Wins a Picasso!
365 Days of Art: December 16 – Agnes Martin Dies
365 Days of Art: December 15 – Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens
365 Days of Art: December 14 – Roger Fry is Born
365 Days of Art: December 13 – Winslow Homer is Published
365 Days of Art: December 12 – Artists Protest Whitney to Demand More Female Inclusion, Cornell Hosts a Party
365 Days of Art: December 11 – Stolen Mona Lisa Recovered in Hotel Room, Séraphine Dies
365 Days of Art: December 10 – Art Thief Tries to Negotiate Return of Mona Lisa
365 Days of Art: December 9 – De Kooning Gets in Barfight
365 Days of Art: December 8 – Frida and Diego Try Marriage Again
365 Days of Art: December 7 – Judges Consider Brunelleschi’s Proposal for Duomo
365 Days of Art: December 6 – Gestapo Arrest Poster Artist Helen Ernst
365 Days of Art: December 5 – Dieter Roth Receives Award for Artist Books
365 Days of Art: December 4 – Homer Travels to Nassau with Father
365 Days of Art: December 3 – MoMA Rehangs Matisse, Right-Side-Up
365 Days of Art: December 2 – MoMA Writes Back to Cornell
365 Days of Art: December 1 – Day Without Art
365 Days of Art: November 30 – National Portrait Gallery Censors AIDS Film
365 Days of Art: November 29 – Mona Lisa Thief Contacts Antiques Dealer
November 28 – Bazille Killed on Battlefield
365 Days of Art: November 27 – Archaeologist Enters Tut’s Tomb
365 Days of Art: November 26 – Whistler v. Ruskin Libel Trial Concludes
365 Days of Art: November 25 – Namuth Films Pollock; Pollock Spirals Downward
365 Days of Art: November 24 – Vincent Moves to Antwerp
365 Days of Art: November 23 – Andy Warhol Pays $50 for a Big Idea
365 Days of Art: November 22 – Benton Writes About His Work; Bernstein Continues to Protest NEA
365 Days of Art: November 21 – Magritte is Born, Monet’s Aunt Buys Him Out of the Army
365 Days of Art: November 20 – Dalí Has First Solo Show
365 Days of Art: November 19 – Poussin Dies, Lloyd Wright Marries
365 Days of Art: November 18 – The Whitney Opens
365 Days of Art: November 17 – Duke of Milan Ships Out Leonardo’s Bronze, Gorky Writes Optimistic Note About Prolific Summer of Drawing
365 Days of Art: November 16 – Frida Writes a Letter from US, AIDS Exhibition Opens (Under Duress) After Grant Partially Restored
365 Days of Art: November 15 – Homer is Published, O’Keeffe is Born, Bernstein Protests NEA, Vandal is Sentenced
365 Days of Art: November 14 – Monet is Born
365 Days of Art: November 13 – Tiffany Trademarks Term for His Glass, Frida Writes a Letter
365 Days of Art: November 12 – Art Forger Convicted, Replica of David Installed on Roof as Originally Intended, Bacon Sets Auction Record
365 Days of Art: November 11 – Calder Dies, Vietnam Vet Shoots Avedon Photo
365 Days of Art: November 10 – Frida and Diego Arrive in SF, NY Times Reports on Nazi Looting, Gorky Exhibits at the Whitney, Hockney Faxes an Artwork
365 Days of Art: November 9 – Pollock’s First Solo Show Opens, John Meets Yoko at Gallery, Emma Thompson’s Journey Opens in NYC
365 Days of Art: November 8 – Surrealists Expel Another Member, Out of Loyalty to Gorky
365 Days of Art: November 7 – MoMA Opens
365 Days of Art: November 6 – NEA Withdraws Grant for AIDS Exhibition
365 Days of Art: November 5 – Pollock Moves to Long Island, Obama Portrait Joins NYC Exhibition After Presidential Election
365 Days of Art: November 4 – King Tut’s Tomb is Discovered, Florence Flood Damages Millions of Artworks
365 Days of Art: November 3 – Joseph Cornell Writes a Polite Letter, Matisse Dies, 100 Trucks Full of Confiscated Artwork Head to Germany
365 Days of Art: November 2 – Chardin is Born
365 Days of Art: November 1 – Eakins Writes a Catty Letter
365 Days of Art: October 31 – Completed Sistine Ceiling Unveiled, Egon Schiele Dies
365 Days of Art: October 30 – Hide/Seek Opens
365 Days of Art: October 29 – Tortured Witness Testifies Against Artemesia, George Luks Dies After Bar Fight, Art Forger Goes on Trial
365 Days of Art: October 28 – Manet Marries Childhood Piano Teacher (and Baby Mama)
365 Days of Art: October 27 – Egon Schiele Completes Last Artworks, Lichtenstein is Born, Pinacoteca Vaticana Opens
365 Days of Art: October 26 – Joan Brown Killed While Installing Sculpture
365 Days of Art: October 25 – Picasso is Born, Krasner and Pollock Marry, Breton Excommunicates Matta for Affair with Gorky’s Wife
365 Days of Art: October 24 – Frida Writes a Letter About Diego’s Affair, Bacon’s Love Commits Suicide
365 Days of Art: October 23 – Gauguin Moves in with Vincent; Art Exhibition Takes on Chicago Mayor’s Brutality
365 Days of Art: October 22 – Cezanne Dies
365 Days of Art: October 21 – Delacroix Writes to Brother About Patriotism, Guggenheim Museum Opens, Warhol Invites Self to Party at Leather Bar
365 Days of Art: October 20 – Peggy Guggenheim Opens Art of This Century Gallery
365 Days of Art: October 19 – Henry Ossawa Tanner Wins French Art Award
365 Days of Art: October 18 – Canaletto is Born
365 Days of Art: October 17 – MoMA Hangs a Matisse Upside-Down!
365 Days of Art: October 16 – Vincent Describes a Painting He Hasn’t Painted Yet
365 Days of Art: October 15 – Fascist Propaganda Discusses Artworks, Lee Krasner Has First Solo Show
365 Days of Art: October 14 – Marshall Telegram to Eisenhower Shows Concern for Artworks
365 Days of Art: October 13 – Alice Neel Dies
365 Days of Art: October 12 – Gunpowder Blast Kills Carel Fabritius
365 Days of Art: October 11 – AIDS Quilt is Displayed for First Time
365 Days of Art: October 10 – Leonardo Shows Three Paintings to Possible Patron, Watts Towers Kill Stress Test
365 Days of Art: October 9 – Nicholas Roerich is Born
365 Days of Art: October 8 – Serial Art Vandal Arrested After Attacking Rembrandts
365 Days of Art: October 7 – Lover’s Death Inspires Hartley Portrait, Rothko Painting Vandalized
365 Days of Art: October 6 – Archers Destroy Leonardo’s Clay Model, Velázquez Becomes Royal Painter
365 Days of Art: October 5 – Jury Acquits Arts Center of Obscenity Charges
365 Days of Art: October 4 – Following Extended Break, Michelangelo Resumes Work on Sistine Chapel
365 Days of Art: October 3 – Communist Party Expels Diego Rivera
365 Days of Art: October 2 – Leonardo Appointed Engineer by Duke of Milan
365 Days of Art: October 1 – Nazi Radio Vilifies Monuments Men
365 Days of Art: September 30 – Nazis Set Fire to Villa, Destroying Paintings, Glass Collection, and Documents
365 Days of Art: September 29 – Caravaggio is Born; Pollock Enrolls in Benton’s Class
365 Days of Art: September 28 – Monks Pay Leonardo Final Payment for Unfinished Commission
365 Days of Art: September 27 – Munch Museum Celebrates Return of Damaged Paintings
365 Days of Art: September 26 – Eakins Writes an Earnestly Insulting Letter
365 Days of Art: September 25 – Mark Rothko is Born
365 Days of Art: September 24 – Barnes Foundation Announces Plans to Move
365 Days of Art: September 23 – Picasso Moves into New Apartment
365 Days of Art: September 22 – Leonardo Studies Birds, Michelangelo Seeks Payment, Artists Reject Pop Art Newcomer, Search Leads to Nazi Loot
365 Days of Art: September 21 – Pollock Painting Sells for $2M
365 Days of Art: September 20 – Magazine Publishes Snap the Whip, by Winslow Homer
365 Days of Art: September 19 – Masuo Ikeda Exhibition Closes at MoMA
365 Days of Art: September 18 – Picasso Writes to Gertrude Stein
365 Days of Art: September 17 – Frida Kahlo Severely Injured in Bus Accident
365 Days of Art: September 16 – Van Gogh Moves into the Yellow House
365 Days of Art: September 15 – Gorky Marries; David Struck by Hammer
365 Days of Art: September 14 – Hitler Issues Orders to Commandeer the Vatican’s Artworks; Vandal Slashes a Rembrandt
365 Days of Art: September 13 – Michelangelo Begins Carving, Childe Hassam Travels to Gloucester, Art Vandal Prepares to Attack, Boston MFA Exhibits Stolen Painting
365 Days of Art: September 12 – Dog and Teens Discover Lascaux Cave Paintings; Nan Goldin is Born
365 Days of Art: September 11 – Vincent Leaves Girlfriend and Moves to Drenthe
365 Days of Art: September 10 – Picasso’s Guernica Returns to Spain After 42-year Exile
365 Days of Art: September 9 – Director John Waters Discusses Art Collecting
365 Days of Art: September 8 – Ana Mendieta Falls to Her Death; Husband Carl Andre Arrested for Murder
365 Days of Art: September 7 – Apollinaire is Arrested for Theft of Mona Lisa
365 Days of Art: September 6 – Elizabeth Murray is Born
365 Days of Art: September 5 – Monet Paints Wife on Deathbed, Oldenburg Protests Police Brutality
365 Days of Art: September 4 – Thieves Steal 13 Paintings in Montreal
365 Days of Art: September 3 – Barnett Newman Protests Police Brutality
365 Days of Art: September 2 – Romare Bearden is Born
365 Days of Art: September 1 – Amy Cutler Show Opens in Sweden
365 Days of Art: August 31 – Stolen Munch Paintings Recovered
365 Days of Art: August 30 – Last Stone is Placed on the Duomo
365 Days of Art: August 29 – The Federal Art Project of the WPA is Created
365 Days of Art: August 28 – Edward Burne-Jones is Born
365 Days of Art: August 27 – Michelangelo Takes 1st Commission, Krakatoa Colors Sky for The Scream, and Guernica is Displayed for 1st Time in US
365 Days of Art: August 26 – Renoir Is Drafted Into the Army
365 Days of Art: August 25 – Georgia O’Keeffe is Inspired by Arthur Dove
365 Days of Art: August 24 – Serial Art Attacker Strikes Rubens Portrait with Acid
365 Days of Art: August 23 – The Little Mermaid is Unveiled
365 Days of Art: August 22 – The Scream is Stolen by Masked Men
365 Days of Art: August 21 – Mona Lisa is Stolen, but Theft Goes Unnoticed
365 Days of Art: August 20 – Richard Avedon Photographs Andy Warhol’s Gunshot Wounds
365 Days of Art: August 19 – Art Competition to Design Duomo is Announced
365 Days of Art: August 18 – Pope Falls Ill; Michelangelo Fears Sistine Ceiling Won’t Be Finished
365 Days of Art: August 17 – Larry Rivers is Born
365 Days of Art: August 16 – Michelangelo Signs Contract to Work on David
365 Days of Art: August 15 – The Picasso is Dedicated in Chicago
365 Days of Art: August 15 – Employee Commits Mass Murder at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Estate
365 Days of Art: August 14 – Construction Begins on the Not-Yet-Leaning Tower of Pisa
365 Days of Art: August 13 – George Luks is Born
365 Days of Art: August 12 – Jean Michel Basquiat Dies
365 Days of Art: August 11 – Jackson Pollock Dies
365 Days of Art: August 10 – Keith Haring Discusses AIDS Diagnosis
365 Days of Art: August 9 – Felix Nussbaum Murdered in Auschwitz
365 Days of Art: August 8 – Life Magazine Asks If Jackson Pollock is the Greatest Living Painter in the US
365 Days of Art: August 7 – Stephen Berens Takes a Photo
365 Days of Art: August 6 – Sister-in-Law Calls Mary Cassatt Disagreeable
365 Days of Art: August 5 – Matisse Painting Attacked
365 Days of Art: August 4 – O’Keeffe Fusses Over Stieglitz
365 Days of Art: August 3 – Two Dramatic Deaths
365 Days of Art: August 2 – John Sloan is Born
365 Days of Art: August 1 – Leonardo Writes on Motion and Weights
365 Days of Art: July 31 – Vincent’s Sister-in-Law Wishes She’d Been Kinder to Him
365 Days of Art: July 30 – Vincent Becomes Youngest Art Dealer in Firm, and Vincent is Laid to Rest
365 Days of Art: July 29 – Vincent Dies
365 Days of Art: July 28 – Andy Warhol is Released from Hospital Following Murder Attempt
365 Days of Art: July 27 – Vincent Shoots Himself
365 Days of Art: July 26 – Three Events About Women in the Art World: a Suicide, a Congressional Debate, and a Job Interview
365 Days of Art: July 25 – Nazis Send Telegram About “Rescue” of Two Paintings Admired by Hitler
365 Days of Art: July 24 – Vincent Sends His Last Letter
365 Days of Art: July 23 – Frida Writes Letter to Diego After His Affair with Her Sister
365 Days of Art: July 22 – A New Servant Joins Leonardo’s Household
365 Days of Art: July 21 – Fun, Bonus Post – Jerusalem Rejects a Gift From Florence
365 Days of Art: July 21 – Arshile Gorky Commits Suicide
365 Days of Art: July 20 – Robert Smithson Dies While Surveying Sites for Environmental Artwork
365 Days of Art: July 19 – Hitler Kicks Off Degenerate Art Fair, Gorky Returns Home to Connecticut
365 Days of Art: July 18 – Caravaggio Dies, and Gorky’s Wife Writes About Gorky’s Mental State
365 Days of Art: July 17 – Distraught Gorky Roams NYC Streets
365 Days of Art: July 16 – Gorky Physically Confronts Matta, and His Wife Leaves Him
365 Days of Art: July 15 – Gorky and His Wife Fight About Her Affair with Matta
365 Days of Art: July 14 – Gustav Klimt is Born
365 Days of Art: July 13 – Peggy Guggenheim Arrives in US with Plans to Open Art Gallery
365 Days of Art: July 12 – Amadeo Modigliani is Born
365 Days of Art: July 11 – James Abbott McNeill Whistler is Born
365 Days of Art: July 10 – Van Gogh Writes Sad Letter to Theo
365 Days of Art: July 9 – Portrait Subject Describes Sitting for Gilbert Stuart
365 Days of Art: July 8 – Eakins Praises Bostonians
365 Days of Art: July 7 – Vincent Writes a Letter But Doesn’t Send It
365 Days of Art: July 6 – Pope Decrees Swiss Guard to be Honored in Fresco
365 Days of Art: July 5 – Gorky is Released from the Hospital; Fears for Painting Career
365 Days of Art: July 4 – American Negro Exposition Opens with Juried Art Show
365 Days of Art: July 3 – Tracey Emin is Born
365 Days of Art: July 2 – Van Gogh Visits Girlfriend in Hospital After Birth of Her Baby
365 Days of Art: July 1 – De Kooning Begins Teaching, Lennon’s 1st Exhibition Opens, and A Crowd Protests Mapplethorpe’s Cancellation
365 Days of Art: June 30 – Hitler Authorizes Degenerate Art Exhibition; Commission Created to Confiscate More Artwork
365 Days of Art: June 29 – Richard Diebenkorn Describes Struggling with Watercolor
365 Days of Art: June 27 – 15th Anniversary Exhibition Closes at Yokohama Museum of Art
365 Days of Art: June 28 – Warhol’s Shooter Indicted for Attempted Murder
365 Days of Art: June 26 – Gorky Seriously Injured in Car Accident
365 Days of Art: June 25 – Serial Art Attacker Ignites Painting
365 Days of Art: June 24 – Spacecraft Brings 154 Artworks into Space
365 Days of Art: June 23 – Van Gogh Writes a Self-Critical Letter About Zouave Painting
365 Days of Art: June 22 – Monet Writes Nasty Letter to His Eye Surgeon
365 Days of Art: June 21 – Kiki Smith Exhibition Closes at Hirshhorn
365 Days of Art: June 20 – John Henry Twachtman Writes a Letter About His Studio
365 Days of Art: June 19 – Young Eakins Writes Regretful Letter
365 Days of Art: June 18 – Chicago Tribune Reveals Nevelson Estate in Turmoil
365 Days of Art: June 17 – Gorky’s Wife Has an Affair
365 Days of Art: June 16 – NY Herald Reviews Edward Curtis’ Native American Project
365 Days of Art: June 15 – Sculpture Exhibition Closes at Storm King
365 Days of Art: June 14 – Time Magazine Blames Warhol for RFK Assassination
365 Days of Art: June 13 – Rubens Painting Destroyed by Arson
365 Days of Art: June 12 – Pollock Committed to Rehab
365 Days of Art: June 11 – Dieter Roth Exhibition Receives Humorous Review
365 Days of Art: June 10 – Howard Finster Artwork Featured on Album Cover
365 Days of Art: June 9 – Gorky’s Newark Airport Murals Unveiled; Said to Look Like Atlantic City Hangover!
365 Days of Art: June 8 – Augusta Savage Opens Gallery
365 Days of Art: June 7 – Leonardo is Anonymously Accused of Sodomy
365 Days of Art: June 6 – NYT Reviews Edward Curtis’ Photographic Book of Native American Research
365 Days of Art: June 5 – Felix Partz Dies of AIDS; Is Memorialized in Photo
365 Days of Art: June 4 – Hospital Says Andy Warhol May Not Survive Shooting
365 Days of Art: June 3 – Nazis Legalize Art Theft, Peggy Guggenheim Visits Brancusi During WWII Bombing, and Andy Warhol is Shot
365 Days of Art: June 2 – Gauguin Painting Sells for 76 Francs
365 Days of Art: June 1 – Society of American Artists Forms
365 Days of Art: May 31 – Art of This Century Closes After Five Influential Years
365 Days of Art: May 30 – Three Exhibitions Close at MoMA
365 Days of Art: May 28 – Caravaggio Kills a Man
365 Days of Art: May 29 – Mona Hatoum Exhibition Closes
365 Days of Art: May 27 – Augusta Savage Reviewed in ArtNews
365 Days of Art: May 26 – Aaron Douglas is Born
365 Days of Art: May 25 – Henry Ossawa Tanner Describes Racism
365 Days of Art: May 24 – Construction on the Brooklyn Bridge is Completed
365 Days of Art: May 23 – David Smith Dies
365 Days of Art: May 22 – Whitney Holds Memorial Service for Mapplethorpe
365 Days of Art: May 21 – Man Attacks Michelangelo’s Pietà
365 Days of Art: May 20 – NY World Publishes Article About Augusta Savage’s Rejection Due to Racial Bias
365 Days of Art: May 19 – Vincent Writes to Theo, Sends Lithograph
365 Days of Art: May 18 – Egon Schiele Calls Himself “Shattered” Over Trial
365 Days of Art: May 17 – The Guerrilla Girls Are Born!
365 Days of Art: May 16 – Van Gogh Discharged from Asylum
365 Days of Art: May 15 – The Salon des Refusés Opens to the Public
365 Days of Art: May 14 – Artemisia Ghentileschi Testifies at the Trial of Her Rapist
365 Days of Art: May 13 – Franz Kline Dies
365 Days of Art: May 12 – Diego Fired from Second Commission in a Week
365 Days of Art: May 11 – Guggenheim Las Vegas Closes
365 Days of Art: May 10 – Michelangelo Begins Work on Sistine Chapel Ceiling
365 Days of Art: May 9 – Nelson Rockefeller Fires Diego Rivera
365 Days of Art: May 8 – Monet Complains of “Spoiling” Paintings Due to Failing Eyesight
365 Days of Art: May 7 – Munch’s The Scream is Recovered
365 Days of Art: May 6 – NEA Director Says Institution Is “Going Down the Tubes”
365 Days of Art: May 5 – Winslow Homer Sketches Civil War Battle
365 Days of Art: May 4 – Vincent Writes About His Mental Illness, Asks to Leave Asylum
365 Days of Art: May 3 – Doctor Requests Draft Deferment for Pollock Based on Alcoholism
365 Days of Art: May 2 – Egon Schiele’s Friends Correspond While He Is in Jail
365 Days of Art: May 2 – Leonardo Dies
365 Days of Art: May 1 – Vincent van Gogh Rents Rooms in the Yellow House in Arles
365 Days of Art: April 30 – Chinese Pilgrim Describes Now-Destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas
365 Days of Art: April 29 – Rothko’s Friend Writes a Letter; Recalls Visit
365 Days of Art: April 28 – Napoleon Issues Press Release About Planned Art Exhibition
365 Days of Art: April 27 – Arbiters to Leonardo: After 23 Years, Finish the Painting!
365 Days of Art: April 26 – Helen Frankenthaler Exhibition Opens at Andre Emmerich Gallery
365 Days of Art: April 25 – Leonardo Accepts a Commission
365 Days of Art: April 24 – Art and Politics Collide for Diego Rivera and Little Mermaid
365 Days of Art: April 23 – Leonardo Writes His Will
365 Days of Art: April 22 – Scientists Announce Discovery of World’s Oldest Oil Paintings
365 Days of Art: April 21 – Serial Art Vandal Throws Acid at Five Dürer Paintings
365 Days of Art: April 20 – Rothko Suffers Aneurysm
365 Days of Art: April 19 – Mike Wallace Interviews Salvador Dali
365 Days of Art: April 18 – Exhibition of Spanish Civil War Drawings Closes at MoMA
365 Days of Art: April 17 – Pope Julius Refuses to Meet with Michelangelo Regarding Tomb Commission, Stiffs Him on Money, and Causes Him to Flee Rome in Despair
365 Days of Art: April 16 – Apollinaire Compares the Studio Habits of Picasso and Matisse
365 Days of Art: April 15 – Brunelleschi Dies, Da Vinci is Born, Nike of Samothrace is Unearthed, Impressionists Exhibit Together, and Thomas Hart Benton Reveals Himself to Be a Fool (Again)
365 Days of Art: Bonus Birthday Post: April 14 – Georgia O’Keeffe Leaves Hawaii
365 Days of Art: April 14 – Mary Cassatt’s Dad Writes About Her Painting
365 Days of Art: April 13 – Ordered on Bed Rest, Frida Attends Her Solo Exhibition in Four Poster Bed
365 Days of Art: April 12 – Thomas Hart Benton Gives a Pompous, Sexist Interview
365 Days of Art: April 11 – Lee Krasner Gives Interview, Recalls Mondrian
365 Days of Art: April 10 – Frank Lloyd Wright Secretly Purchases Property Under His Mother’s Name
365 Days of Art: April 9 – Peggy Guggenheim Buys Art as Hitler Invades
365 Days of Art: April 8 – Monet’s Father Advises Him to Abandon Pregnant Girlfriend
365 Days of Art: April 7 – Mapplethorpe Exhibition Opens, Leading to Obscenity Charges
365 Days of Art: April 6 – Raphael Dies; Cracks Appear in Vatican Walls
365 Days of Art: April 5 – Lightning Strikes Duomo; Portends Medici Death
365 Days of Art: April 4 – Van Gogh Writes a Letter About Ramsgate
365 Days of Art: April 3 – Frank Lloyd Wright Tells a Lie
365 Days of Art: April 2 – Leonardo Da Vinci Sketches Skulls
365 Days of Art: April 1 – “Evil” Gauguin Painting is Attacked
365 Days of Art: March 31 – Goya is Born
365 Days of Art: March 30 – Van Gogh is Born
365 Days of Art: March 29 – Serial Art Vandal Strikes for First Time
365 Days of Art: March 28 – Rothko Exhibits Multiform Paintings
365 Days of Art: March 27 – Dada-Inspired Exhibition Opens at MoMA
365 Days of Art: March 26 – Eakins Recovers from Dysentery or Food Poisoning
365 Days of Art: March 25 – Brunelleschi’s Duomo is Consecrated by Pope
365 Days of Art: March 24 – Hockney’s Crush Dances Cha-Cha; Inspires Painting
365 Days of Art: March 23 – Undercover Sting Locates Stolen Art
365 Days of Art: March 22 – René Magritte Explains It All
365 Days of Art: March 21 – Vandalism of Newman Painting Leads to Botched Conservation and Lawsuits
365 Days of Art: March 20 – Nazis Destroy Approximately 5,000 Artworks in Bonfire
365 Days of Art: March 19 – Gorky Receives Fellowship
365 Days of Art: March 18 – Thieves Steal 13 Works in Biggest Art Theft EVER
365 Days of Art: March 17 – Hide/Seek Opens at Tacoma Art Museum
365 Days of Art: March 16 – National Gallery of Art Opens
365 Days of Art: March 15 – The Helga Pictures Are Revealed
365 Days of Art: March 14 – Velázquez is Licensed by the Guild as Master Painter
365 Days of Art: March 13 – Elgin Marbles and Their Poor Conservation Are Subject of Letter
365 Days of Art: March 12 – Bequest of Art Collection Sets Foundation for MoMA
365 Days of Art: March 11 – Carrington Commits Suicide
365 Days of Art: March 10 – Suffragette Slashes Velázquez Painting as Political Statement
365 Days of Art: March 9 – David Smith Is Born
365 Days of Art: March 8 – Little Mermaid Is Vandalized in Connection with International Women’s Day
365 Days of Art: March 7 – Arts Groups Meet to Strategize, Combat Censorship
365 Days of Art: March 6 – Gallery Forgets to Mail Invites So Almost No One Attends Gorky’s Opening
365 Days of Art: March 5 – Pissarro Complains to Manet, and Gorky Undergoes a Colostomy
365 Days of Art: March 4 – Halftone Engraving Used to Print Photographs in Newspaper
365 Days of Art: March 3 – Reconstruction of Dynamited Buddhas Is Discussed
365 Days of Art: March 2 – Taliban Dynamites Historic Buddha Statues
365 Days of Art: March 1 – Plane Crashes; Arshile Gorky Artwork Destroyed
365 Days of Art: Leap Year Bonus, February 29 – Augusta Savage Born
365 Days of Art: February 28 – Picasso Painting Vandalized in Vietnam War Protest
365 Days of Art: February 27 – Italy Requests Aid for Leaning Tower of Pisa
365 Days of Art: February 26 – Joseph Cornell Feeds the Birds, and Writes a Letter
365 Days of Art: February 25 – Paper Reports Donation of Toulouse-Lautrec Collection
365 Days of Art: February 24 – Exhibition of Independent Artists Opens at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
365 Days of Art: February 23 – Italian Priest Recommends Rubens for a Job
365 Days of Art: February 22 – Andy Warhol Dies Suddenly
365 Days of Art: February 21 – Connecticut Detectives Solve Case of 9 Slashed Paintings
365 Days of Art: February 20 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Opens
365 Days of Art: February 19 – Pope Julius II Commissions Tomb from Michelangelo
365 Days of Art: February 18 – Art Collector Buys Six Odilon Redon Works
365 Days of Art: February 17 – King Tut’s Burial Chamber is Opened
365 Days of Art: February 16 – Edward Hopper Poses for Raphael Soyer, Disses Abstract Art
365 Days of Art: February 15 – Whitney Biennial Features Agnes Martin (Who? Read On; She’s Great)
365 Days of Art: February 14 – Gottlieb Retrospective Opens at Two Museums
365 Days of Art: February 13 – Thomas Eakins Forced to Resign Teaching Position Due to Scandal
365 Days of Art: February 12 – Art Theft Mars Opening Day of Olympics
365 Days of Art: February 11 – Joseph Cornell Holds Children’s Only Art Exhibition
365 Days of Art: February 10 – Basquiat Appears on Cover of New York Times Magazine
365 Days of Art: February 9 – Arshile Gorky Flees Ethnic Cleansing; Emigrates to US
365 Days of Art: February 8 – Georgia O’Keeffe Arrives in Hawaii to Create Pineapple Ads
365 Days of Art: February 7 – Delacroix Painting Vandalized by 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist
365 Days of Art: February 6 – Metropolitan Museum of Art Trustees Formulate Plan for Construction of First Building
365 Days of Art: February 5 – Ice Age Art (No Artifacts!) Exhibited at British Museum
365 Days of Art: February 4 – Etching Commemorates the “Frost Fair” Held on the Frozen River Thames
365 Days of Art: February 3 – Norman Rockwell Born
365 Days of Art: February 2 – Dada Diary Announces Formation of Cafe Voltaire
365 Days of Art: February 1 – MoMA’s Tenth Exhibition Opens
365 Days of Art: January 31 – Mike Kelley Commits Suicide
365 Days of Art: January 30 – Special Five-Day Photo Exhibition Closes to Keep Works from Fading
365 Days of Art: January 29 – Walt Disney Begins First Job as Artist
365 Days of Art: January 28 – Michelangelo Drawing Sells at Auction for $7.4 Million
365 Days of Art: January 27 – The Renwick Gallery Opens in Washington DC
365 Days of Art: January 26 – Modigliani’s Pregnant Girlfriend Commits Suicide After His Death
365 Days of Art: January 25 – Leonardo and Botticelli Are Consulted as to Location for Michelangelo’s David
365 Days of Art: January 24 – J. Pierpont Morgan Agrees to Fund Photographic Documentation of All Native American Tribes
365 Days of Art: January 23 – Peggy Guggenheim Visits Pollock’s Studio for the First Time
365 Days of Art: January 22 – Museum Visitor Accidentally Damages a Picasso. Oops!
365 Days of Art: January 21 – First Georgia O’Keeffe Retrospective Opens at the Art Institute of Chicago
365 Days of Art: January 20 – Julia Morgan Born
365 Days of Art: January 19 – Cindy Sherman Born
365 Days of Art: January 18 – Van Gogh Shows Six Paintings in Vingtistes Art Exhibition
365 Days of Art: January 17 – Diego Rivera Begins Work on His First Mural in US
365 Days of Art: January 16 – Arshile Gorky Leaves the WPA to Work on Mural For World’s Fair
365 Days of Art – January 15: The British Museum Opens
365 Days of Art – January 14: Origin of Vatican Museums
365 Days of Art – January 13: Rembrandt Painting Attacked with Knife
365 Days of Art – January 12: First US Museum Opens
365 Days of Art – January 11: Birth and Death of Domenico Ghirlandaio
365 Days of Art – January 10: Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarded to Three Visual Artists
365 Days of Art – January 9: Daguerreotype Photographic Process Announced
365 Days of Art – January 8: Mona Lisa, on Loan, Unveiled in US
365 Days of Art – January 7: Tower of Pisa Closed After Leaning Too Far
365 Days of Art – January 6: Little Mermaid Decapitated
365 Days of Art – January 5: First Photograph of Aurora Borealis
365 Days of Art – January 4: Malevich Painting Vandalized
365 Days of Art – January 3: Leonardo da Vinci Unsuccessfully Tests a Flying Machine
365 Days of Art – January 2: De Young Museum Opens to the Public
365 Days of Art – January 1: Tay Son Bronzes Melted into Cannons
Clean Slate Metaphor/Happy New Year!
McGurk’s Suicide Hall
View from the Studio
Art + Celebrity Gossip = My Favorite Thing
My First Conservation
Portrait of the Building as a Young Building
Holiday Cheer at the Parking Garage
George Luks, Ya Big Galoot
Inspired by Italian Wall Posters
Nelson Mandela Has Departed: In Memoriam
Brian Murphy: Invisible Self-Portrait
Day With(out) Art
The Backyard Studio
Six Degrees of Ivan Albright
JFK and the Power of Art
The First Thing to Know About Robert Henri Is How to Pronounce His Name
Transcendental Landscapes
Collaborations and Caterpillar Ladies
Express a Little of Yourself
Upcoming Tacoma Art Museum Workshop!
Election Day/Election Gloves
The Four Justices
More Digital Collages on Display at Wallingford Art Walk!
Music and the Muse
Digital Collages
2nd Gallery Reception During Seafair Parade!
Successful Seattle Debut!
Re•Place Art Exhibition: Artist Statement
Famous Homers in Baseball, and Art History
Sneak Peek at Re•Place: Collages by Maura McGurk at Majestic ARTS Presents
Preview of Re•Place: Collages by Maura McGurk at Majestic ARTS Presents
Re•Place, Collages by Maura McGurk at Majestic ARTS Presents
Published in The Lavender Review
Exquisite Corpse: Precursor to Mad Libs
The Two Mona Lisas
So, Which One of You Is the Man in the Relationship?
Road Trip: Tacoma Art Museum
A Big Week
Maura McGurk Named Artist of the Week by theStudio4Art
55 Galleries in One Day!
Hurricane Sandy: Art and Recovery
Another New Digital Collage
New Digital Collage
The Abe Lincoln Debacle: Ethics Commission Rules It Was, In Fact, a “Debacle”
I Saw You, Sor Juana
Living. In a Digital World
She’s a Nice Girl
You, Me, Us: Artwork in Response to Bullying
You’re Cordially Invited
The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History
Electronic Arts Festival, Governor’s Island
Road Trip: Sedona and Abstract Expressionism
Governor’s Island, New Art Destination
Road Trip: Sedona, New Color Palette
Public Art: Fashion District
Road Trip: Sedona, Pictographs and Petroglyphs
Public Art: The Andy Monument
The Museum of Motherhood
More Abstractions
Back to School
First Day of School
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial–What Went Wrong?
Patron Saint of Painters
Photographers Extraordinaire
Wore Out Art Supplies
New Artwork: New Bedford Waterfront
Road Trip: Harvest Gallery Wine (and Art) Bar, Dennis MA
Artist Donates 10% of Exhibition Proceeds to It Gets Better
Maura McGurk Featured in “At the Edge” Magazine
Alexander McQueen and the Spectacular Spectacular
The Abe Lincoln Situation: Formal Ethics Investigation Begins
The Puzzle Pieces Were a Hit!
Lavender Menace Opening
Lavender Menace art exhibition covered in Norwich Bulletin
Broadway Sings for Pride
Lavender Menace: Paintings by Maura McGurk in Response to Gay Bullying
The Florence Griswold Museum
The Abraham Lincoln Situation: Karma Edition. The End?
The Abraham Lincoln Situation: Goodbye Abe, We’ll Miss You
Maura McGurk’s Art Blog Featured on CTMuseumQuest.com
July is for Patriotism, and for Giving Back, Says Artist
It Gets Better Project to Support Maura McGurk’s Solo Art Exhibition
The Abraham Lincoln Saga: Closing Reception
I Saw Someone Who Jumped Off a Bridge This Morning
Trading Cards: They Work for Ballplayers AND for Artists
A Hard Day’s Work
The Abraham Lincoln Saga: Abe Resurfaces in Norwich at Opening Receptions!
Maura McGurk Interviewed by The Norwich Bulletin
Maura McGurk Blog Featured in The New London Day
Orphaned and Enabled Lincoln Exhibitions: Reception May 6, 2011
The Abe Lincoln Debacle: Procession of the Orphans
More Unethical News from Slater Museum
Museum Reneges on Promise to Exhibit All Lincoln Portraits–What Would Honest Abe Say?
Sedona: Michael Chesley Johnson
Why Painting Matters
The Abraham Lincoln Caper: Silly Headlines
The Abraham Lincoln Caper: A Tale of Two Lincolns
The Abraham Lincoln Caper: True Crime
The Abraham Lincoln Caper: Art Heists and Civic Pride
Inappropriate Use of the Family Values Card
ArtWeLove and Sarah Trigg
Thank You, Mr. President
Photos from Pride and Prejudice Exhibition
With a lot of help from my friends…
Maura McGurk, International Women Artists’ Salon Member Spotlight
Maura McGurk’s First Solo Show: Pride and Prejudice, An Exhibition on Gay Bullying
The Abraham Lincoln Caper
Pride and Prejudice
The Only Art Worth Doing Is the Art That Makes Things Better: An Interview with Maura McGurk
The Artist-Collector: Alison Wells
The Noyes Museum of Art
A Long Overdue Thank You Letter to Sue Coe
Day Job at The Drawing Center
Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?
Gay Bashing at the Smithsonian
An Evening with Cleve Jones
Vermont Studio Center: Return
Vermont Studio Center: A Last Look Around
Vermont Studio Center: Starry Nights and Cloudy Skies
Vermont Studio Center: The Fleeting Image
Vermont Studio Center: Montreal
Vermont Studio Center: England Brothers
Vermont Studio Center: Nature Walk
Vermont Studio Center: Weather
Vermont Studio Center: Appetite
Vermont Studio Center: Sitting by the window, watching the snow
Vermont Studio Center: The Edda Jakab Studio
Vermont Studio Center: The Bread and Puppet Museum
Vermont Studio Center: Pax Cultura
Vermont Studio Center: Some History
Vermont Studio Center: Meditation House
Vermont Studio Center: the Village of Johnson
Vermont Studio Center: Home and Studio
Vermont Studio Center: Arrival Day
Vermont Studio Center: Things That Are Waiting for Me There
Vermont Studio Center: What to Pack
Chaos and Classicism at the Guggenheim
Garden Party to Support New Bedford Art Museum
The Sketchbook Project Covered in Chicago Art Magazine
The Sketchbook Project in Time Out Magazine
Check It Out at The Sketchbook Library!
Maura McGurk’s Sketchbook to Tour U.S.
Maura McGurk Again Chosen as Featured Artist at climate/gallery
Maura McGurk Selected as climate/gallery Featured Artist
Marion Exhibit Conveys Profound Sense of Place
“Amunnini” Featured as Cover Art in Poetry Journal
Maura McGurk interviewed by SouthCoastToday.com
Séraphine
Destination: Vermont!
The Italy Paintings
Paradise Gardens
Vermont Studio Center
Artist’s Grant and Vermont Studio Center Residency
The Sketchbook Project
Anatomy of an Artwork, Epilogue
Anatomy of an Artwork, Part Two
Anatomy of an Artwork
