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

Midnight Mass, San Marco style
Smiling women with protest signs, posing with man in suit and giant papier-mache head that is caricature of shouting Donald Trump.

Power of Art, Part 3 (Puppets!)
Movie still, small figure in palatial room with canopy bed and colonnaded balcony.

Ginevra
Fragment of wallpapered drywall, with hole in the center that reveals curlicued strips of colored paper inside.

Cut Up Cut Out
Expressive painting of watchful woman, seated in cozy, wallpapered interior, holding thin, braided rope

Met Faves – Van Gogh and *Real* Art History
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

Met Faves – Paintings
Sheets billowing on clothesline.

The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
Small, squat sculpture that appears something like a friendly, cartoon guitar.

Met Faves Part 2
Ancient Greek vases decorated with silhouetted men and women in togas.

Met Faves
Dozens of phallus-shaped, polka-dotted sculptures on ground, reflected in multiple mirrors and repeated again and again.

Accumulations, Courtesy of Yayoi Kusama
Simple triangles, lines and round shapes against a simple background.

The Homely Protestant
Facade of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Physicians, Heal Thyselves – with Art!
Sylvia, with large gold locket, coyly looks at viewer from underneath her bangs.

Pride Project #25 – Sylvia Rivera
Diego Rivera poses next to small artwork.

365 Days of Art: December 26 – Diego Conquers NY

365 Days of Art: December 21 – Donors Raise $68M to Keep Painting in Philly
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
Two women bundled in winter clothes carry picket signs and march on sidewalk.

365 Days of Art: December 12 – Artists Protest Whitney to Demand More Female Inclusion, Cornell Hosts a Party
Sausage-shaped "meat" cut in two pieces, hanging from string, with label in German.

365 Days of Art: December 5 – Dieter Roth Receives Award for Artist Books

365 Days of Art: December 3 – MoMA Rehangs Matisse, Right-Side-Up

365 Days of Art: December 2 – MoMA Writes Back to Cornell
AIDS ribbon.

365 Days of Art: December 1 – Day Without Art

365 Days of Art: November 30 – National Portrait Gallery Censors AIDS Film
Whitney Museum's front door, flanked by columns and topped by frieze of eagle.

365 Days of Art: November 18 – The Whitney Opens
Organically abstract geometric shapes, some of which appear to have eyes, seem to cavort with more geometric shapes and lines.

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
Framed by abstract sculpture, Peggy Guggenheim and Jackson Pollock stand in front of one of his paintings.

365 Days of Art: November 9 – Pollock’s First Solo Show Opens, John Meets Yoko at Gallery, Emma Thompson’s Journey Opens in NYC
Large paintings in elaborate, carved frames hang in a row on gallery wall.

365 Days of Art: November 7 – MoMA Opens
Pollock stands on a large canvas unrolled in a field, among paint cans, crouching and concentrating, holding a paintbrush.

365 Days of Art: November 5 – Pollock Moves to Long Island, Obama Portrait Joins NYC Exhibition After Presidential Election
Glass-fronted box contains cockatoo and watches on display.

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: October 30 – Hide/Seek Opens
A free and minimal line drawing of a tired-looking woman with her head in her hand.

365 Days of Art: October 27 – Egon Schiele Completes Last Artworks, Lichtenstein is Born, Pinacoteca Vaticana Opens
Stark shadows delineate the curving architecture of the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, against a crisp sky.

365 Days of Art: October 21 – Delacroix Writes to Brother About Patriotism, Guggenheim Museum Opens, Warhol Invites Self to Party at Leather Bar
Confident Peggy Guggenheim reclines on modern rocking chair in sleek-looking art gallery with paintings on wall behind her.

365 Days of Art: October 20 – Peggy Guggenheim Opens Art of This Century Gallery

365 Days of Art: October 17 – MoMA Hangs a Matisse Upside-Down!

365 Days of Art: October 14 – Marshall Telegram to Eisenhower Shows Concern for Artworks

365 Days of Art: October 5 – Jury Acquits Arts Center of Obscenity Charges

365 Days of Art: September 27 – Munch Museum Celebrates Return of Damaged Paintings

365 Days of Art: September 24 – Barnes Foundation Announces Plans to Move

365 Days of Art: September 19 – Masuo Ikeda Exhibition Closes at MoMA

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 4 – Thieves Steal 13 Paintings in Montreal

365 Days of Art: September 3 – Barnett Newman Protests Police Brutality

365 Days of Art: August 31 – Stolen Munch Paintings Recovered

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
Two masked thieves carrying paintings to getaway car in front of Munch Museum.

365 Days of Art: August 22 – The Scream is Stolen by Masked Men
Woman seated in front of misty landscape with mysterious smile and folded hands.

365 Days of Art: August 21 – Mona Lisa is Stolen, but Theft Goes Unnoticed

365 Days of Art: August 5 – Matisse Painting Attacked

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 13 – Peggy Guggenheim Arrives in US with Plans to Open Art Gallery

365 Days of Art: July 9 – Portrait Subject Describes Sitting for Gilbert Stuart

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 27 – 15th Anniversary Exhibition Closes at Yokohama Museum of Art

365 Days of Art: June 21 – Kiki Smith Exhibition Closes at Hirshhorn

365 Days of Art: June 13 – Rubens Painting Destroyed by Arson

365 Days of Art: June 11 – Dieter Roth Exhibition Receives Humorous Review

365 Days of Art: June 8 – Augusta Savage Opens Gallery

365 Days of Art: May 30 – Three Exhibitions Close at MoMA

365 Days of Art: May 17 – The Guerrilla Girls Are Born!

365 Days of Art: May 11 – Guggenheim Las Vegas Closes

365 Days of Art: April 27 – Arbiters to Leonardo: After 23 Years, Finish the Painting!

365 Days of Art: April 21 – Serial Art Vandal Throws Acid at Five Dürer Paintings

365 Days of Art: April 7 – Mapplethorpe Exhibition Opens, Leading to Obscenity Charges

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 29 – Serial Art Vandal Strikes for First Time

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 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 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 6 – Gallery Forgets to Mail Invites So Almost No One Attends Gorky’s Opening

365 Days of Art: February 28 – Picasso Painting Vandalized in Vietnam War Protest

365 Days of Art: February 25 – Paper Reports Donation of Toulouse-Lautrec Collection

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 17 – King Tut’s Burial Chamber is Opened

365 Days of Art: February 14 – Gottlieb Retrospective Opens at Two Museums

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 1 – MoMA’s Tenth Exhibition Opens

365 Days of Art: January 30 – Special Five-Day Photo Exhibition Closes to Keep Works from Fading

365 Days of Art: January 27 – The Renwick Gallery Opens in Washington DC

365 Days of Art: January 25 – Leonardo and Botticelli Are Consulted as to Location for Michelangelo’s David

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 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 8: Mona Lisa, on Loan, Unveiled in US

365 Days of Art – January 4: Malevich Painting Vandalized

365 Days of Art – January 2: De Young Museum Opens to the Public

My First Conservation

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

Upcoming Tacoma Art Museum Workshop!

The Four Justices

Re•Place, Collages by Maura McGurk at Majestic ARTS Presents

So, Which One of You Is the Man in the Relationship?

Road Trip: Tacoma Art Museum

55 Galleries in One Day!

The Abe Lincoln Debacle: Ethics Commission Rules It Was, In Fact, a “Debacle”

I Saw You, Sor Juana

The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History

The Museum of Motherhood

Wore Out Art Supplies

New Artwork: New Bedford Waterfront

Road Trip: Harvest Gallery Wine (and Art) Bar, Dennis MA

Alexander McQueen and the Spectacular Spectacular

The Florence Griswold Museum

The Abraham Lincoln Situation: Karma Edition. The End?

Maura McGurk’s Art Blog Featured on CTMuseumQuest.com

Trading Cards: They Work for Ballplayers AND for Artists

Maura McGurk Interviewed by The Norwich Bulletin
A line of artists march down a city sidewalk, each while carrying their large portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Maura McGurk Blog Featured in The New London Day

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?

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: True Crime

Day Job at The Drawing Center

Vermont Studio Center: Montreal

Vermont Studio Center: The Bread and Puppet Museum
The sign and logo for Pax Cultura on the front of Meditation House.

Vermont Studio Center: Pax Cultura
Rotunda with chandelier and skylight ringed with scenes of historical judges on thrones, interpreting laws for crowds.

Chaos and Classicism at the Guggenheim
Exhibition invitation is designed to look like an old-fashioned library card.

Check It Out at The Sketchbook Library!
Small satellite shapes seem to fly away from larger shape.

Maura McGurk Again Chosen as Featured Artist at climate/gallery

Maura McGurk Selected as climate/gallery Featured Artist

Paradise Gardens
Artist Maura McGurk holds her painting "Feathered Nest" at the New Bedford Art Museum Garden Party.

Anatomy of an Artwork, Epilogue

Anatomy of an Artwork, Part Two
A swallow peeks out of a nest which is attached to where two walls meet the ceiling.

Anatomy of an Artwork