Interior of San Marco cathedral, focusing on shining gold mosaics decorating archways and domed areas of ceiling.

Midnight Mass, San Marco style
Gertrude Stein sits purposefully, leaning forward, hands in lap, and looks outward as though she is listening intently.

Met Faves That Wouldn’t Let Go
Small, squat sculpture that appears something like a friendly, cartoon guitar.

Met Faves Part 2
Long-haired gentleman wearing wealthy 16th-century hat and robes, gesturing to swans in an outdoor setting.

Pride Project #4 – Il Sodoma
Artist with furrowed brow seated at easel, looking indirectly at viewer while studying self in mirror.

365 Days of Art: December 14 – Roger Fry is Born
Earnest young Renoir dressed in a suit, seated on chair, with his feet drawn up and elbows resting on knees.

November 28 – Bazille Killed on Battlefield
Fireworks appear as dots of light and haze in dark, smoky background.

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 8 – Surrealists Expel Another Member, Out of Loyalty to Gorky

365 Days of Art: October 10 – Leonardo Shows Three Paintings to Possible Patron, Watts Towers Kill Stress Test

365 Days of Art: September 7 – Apollinaire is Arrested for Theft of Mona Lisa

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 17 – Larry Rivers is Born

365 Days of Art: August 13 – George Luks is Born

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 2 – John Sloan is Born

365 Days of Art: July 20 – Robert Smithson Dies While Surveying Sites for Environmental Artwork

365 Days of Art: July 4 – American Negro Exposition Opens with Juried Art Show

365 Days of Art: June 10 – Howard Finster Artwork Featured on Album Cover

365 Days of Art: May 26 – Aaron Douglas is Born

365 Days of Art: May 13 – Franz Kline Dies

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: March 27 – Dada-Inspired Exhibition Opens at MoMA

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 9 – David Smith Is Born

365 Days of Art: March 5 – Pissarro Complains to Manet, and Gorky Undergoes a Colostomy

365 Days of Art: Leap Year Bonus, February 29 – Augusta Savage Born

365 Days of Art: February 18 – Art Collector Buys Six Odilon Redon Works

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 13 – Thomas Eakins Forced to Resign Teaching Position Due to Scandal

365 Days of Art: February 2 – Dada Diary Announces Formation of Cafe Voltaire

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 28 – Michelangelo Drawing Sells at Auction for $7.4 Million
Framed by abstract sculpture, Peggy Guggenheim and Jackson Pollock stand in front of one of his paintings.

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 20 – Julia Morgan Born

365 Days of Art: January 18 – Van Gogh Shows Six Paintings in Vingtistes Art Exhibition
Large, vertical mural is the backdrop for a stairwell; the mural features figures, especially a large woman in the center.

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 11: Birth and Death of Domenico Ghirlandaio

365 Days of Art – January 1: Tay Son Bronzes Melted into Cannons

Art + Celebrity Gossip = My Favorite Thing

George Luks, Ya Big Galoot

JFK and the Power of Art

Exquisite Corpse: Precursor to Mad Libs

Road Trip: Tacoma Art Museum

Road Trip: Sedona and Abstract Expressionism

Public Art: The Andy Monument

Patron Saint of Painters

Wore Out Art Supplies

The Florence Griswold Museum

Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?

Vermont Studio Center: The Bread and Puppet Museum
Rotunda with chandelier and skylight ringed with scenes of historical judges on thrones, interpreting laws for crowds.

Chaos and Classicism at the Guggenheim

Paradise Gardens