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Behind the Scenes: Phalanges
Behind the Scenes with Coco Montoya
Don’t Look Now (or, Watching Horror Movies About Venice, While in Venice)
Midnight Mass, San Marco style
Loving Vincent
Home Sweet Home
Arrival!
Painting Goats?!
In Transit!
Goodbye, Old Friend!
Power of Art, Part 2
Power of Art
Met Faves – Van Gogh and *Real* Art History
Met Faves That Wouldn’t Let Go
The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
Met Faves
McGurk Mysteries
Accumulations, Courtesy of Yayoi Kusama
The Homely Protestant
Just wanted to share
Discovery
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
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 23 – Vincent Cuts Off Ear
365 Days of Art: December 22 – Basquiat is Born
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 16 – Agnes Martin Dies
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 9 – De Kooning Gets in Barfight
365 Days of Art: December 8 – Frida and Diego Try Marriage Again
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
November 28 – Bazille Killed on Battlefield
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 19 – Poussin Dies, Lloyd Wright Marries
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 11 – Calder Dies, Vietnam Vet Shoots Avedon Photo
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 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 13 – Alice Neel Dies
365 Days of Art: October 12 – Gunpowder Blast Kills Carel Fabritius
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 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: 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 26 – Eakins Writes an Earnestly Insulting Letter
365 Days of Art: September 25 – Mark Rothko is Born
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 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 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 9 – Director John Waters Discusses Art Collecting
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 2 – Romare Bearden is Born
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 20 – Richard Avedon Photographs Andy Warhol’s Gunshot Wounds
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 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 6 – Sister-in-Law Calls Mary Cassatt Disagreeable
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: 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 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 – 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 12 – Amadeo Modigliani is Born
365 Days of Art: July 10 – Van Gogh Writes Sad Letter to Theo
365 Days of Art: July 7 – Vincent Writes a Letter But Doesn’t Send It
365 Days of Art: July 5 – Gorky is Released from the Hospital; Fears for Painting Career
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 29 – Richard Diebenkorn Describes Struggling with Watercolor
365 Days of Art: June 26 – Gorky Seriously Injured in Car Accident
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 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 14 – Time Magazine Blames Warhol for RFK Assassination
365 Days of Art: June 12 – Pollock Committed to Rehab
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 7 – Leonardo is Anonymously Accused of Sodomy
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: May 28 – Caravaggio Kills a Man
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 23 – David Smith Dies
365 Days of Art: May 22 – Whitney Holds Memorial Service for Mapplethorpe
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 16 – Van Gogh Discharged from Asylum
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 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 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 29 – Rothko’s Friend Writes a Letter; Recalls Visit
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 23 – Leonardo Writes His Will
365 Days of Art: April 20 – Rothko Suffers Aneurysm
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 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 8 – Monet’s Father Advises Him to Abandon Pregnant Girlfriend
365 Days of Art: April 6 – Raphael Dies; Cracks Appear in Vatican Walls
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: March 31 – Goya is Born
365 Days of Art: March 30 – Van Gogh is Born
365 Days of Art: March 26 – Eakins Recovers from Dysentery or Food Poisoning
365 Days of Art: March 24 – Hockney’s Crush Dances Cha-Cha; Inspires Painting
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 11 – Carrington Commits Suicide
365 Days of Art: March 9 – David Smith Is Born
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 1 – Plane Crashes; Arshile Gorky Artwork Destroyed
365 Days of Art: Leap Year Bonus, February 29 – Augusta Savage Born
365 Days of Art: February 26 – Joseph Cornell Feeds the Birds, and Writes a Letter
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 19 – Pope Julius II Commissions Tomb from Michelangelo
365 Days of Art: February 17 – King Tut’s Burial Chamber is Opened
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 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 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: January 31 – Mike Kelley Commits Suicide
365 Days of Art: January 29 – Walt Disney Begins First Job as Artist
365 Days of Art: January 26 – Modigliani’s Pregnant Girlfriend Commits Suicide After His Death
365 Days of Art: January 24 – J. Pierpont Morgan Agrees to Fund Photographic Documentation of All Native American Tribes
365 Days of Art: January 20 – Julia Morgan Born
365 Days of Art – January 11: Birth and Death of Domenico Ghirlandaio
Clean Slate Metaphor/Happy New Year!
View from the Studio
My First Conservation
George Luks, Ya Big Galoot
Inspired by Italian Wall Posters
The Backyard Studio
Collaborations and Caterpillar Ladies
Express a Little of Yourself
Upcoming Tacoma Art Museum Workshop!
Published in The Lavender Review
A Big Week
Maura McGurk Named Artist of the Week by theStudio4Art
Hurricane Sandy: Art and Recovery
Living. In a Digital World
Road Trip: Sedona, New Color Palette
The Museum of Motherhood
Patron Saint of Painters
Wore Out Art Supplies
New Artwork: New Bedford Waterfront
Artist Donates 10% of Exhibition Proceeds to It Gets Better
July is for Patriotism, and for Giving Back, Says Artist
It Gets Better Project to Support Maura McGurk’s Solo Art Exhibition
A Hard Day’s Work
Maura McGurk Interviewed by The Norwich Bulletin
Maura McGurk Blog Featured in The New London Day
With a lot of help from my friends…
Maura McGurk, International Women Artists’ Salon Member Spotlight
The Only Art Worth Doing Is the Art That Makes Things Better: An Interview with Maura McGurk
The Artist-Collector: Alison Wells
Vermont Studio Center: Montreal
Vermont Studio Center: England Brothers
Vermont Studio Center: Appetite
Vermont Studio Center: Sitting by the window, watching the snow
Vermont Studio Center: Meditation House
Maura McGurk’s Sketchbook to Tour U.S.
Maura McGurk Selected as climate/gallery Featured Artist
Maura McGurk interviewed by SouthCoastToday.com
Séraphine
Anatomy of an Artwork, Epilogue
Anatomy of an Artwork, Part Two
Anatomy of an Artwork
