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365 Days of Art: November 16 – Frida Writes a Letter from US, AIDS Exhibition...
Frida Kahlo, My Dress Hangs There, 1933 November 16, 1933 Frida writes a letter to her friend Isabel Campos that she is “dreaming about my return to Mexico”: New York is very pretty and I feel better...
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365 Days of Art: November 26 – Whistler v. Ruskin Libel Trial Concludes
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, 1874 November 26, 1878 The two-day trial, filed by James Abbott McNeill Whistler against art critic John Ruskin,...
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365 Days of Art: November 29 – Mona Lisa Thief Contacts Antiques Dealer
La Gioconda (popularly known as The Mona Lisa), Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-1517 November 29, 1913 Two years after the theft of the Mona Lisa, the thief contacts an antiques dealer named Alfredo Geri. Geri...
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365 Days of Art: November 30 – National Portrait Gallery Censors AIDS Film
November 30, 2010 The National Portrait Gallery removes a film from the first-ever gay portraiture exhibition, Hide/Seek, after receiving complaints from a Catholic organization and members of...
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365 Days of Art: December 10 – Art Thief Tries to Negotiate Return of Mona Lisa
La Gioconda (popularly known as The Mona Lisa), Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-1517 December 10, 1913 A man enters Geri’s antique shop in Florence, and after waiting for the other customers to leave,...
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365 Days of Art: December 11 – Stolen Mona Lisa Recovered in Hotel Room,...
La Gioconda (popularly known as The Mona Lisa), Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-1517 December 11, 1913 By appointment, antiques dealer Signor Geri and director of the Uffizi Gallery Signor Poggi arrive at...
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Loving Vincent
Loving Vincent, 2017 Some thoughts on the movie Loving Vincent . . . It is both spectacular and maddening. The plot is ridiculous: Armand Roulin, twenty-something son of the bushy-bearded postmaster...
View Article365 Days of Art: October 29 – Tortured Witness Testifies Against Artemesia,...
October 29, 1612 The manuscript from the trial of Artemisia Gentileschi’s rapist shows that Artemisia’s studio assistant gives testimony against the victim, his boss…while being tortured. Nicolo...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 6 – NEA Withdraws Grant for AIDS Exhibition
November 6, 1989 The New York Times reports that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has cancelled a grant for a show about AIDS, called Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing. The withdrawal of funds...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 8 – Surrealists Expel Another Member, Out of...
November 8, 1948 Andre Breton expels Victor Brauner from the Surrealist group, because Brauner refuses to condemn Matta, who has already been expelled for contributing to Gorky’s suicide, by sleeping...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 10 – Frida and Diego Arrive in SF, NY Times Reports...
November 10, 1930 Frida and Diego arrive in San Francisco, where he has mural commissions to work on. November 10, 1943 The New York Times reports “Unique Collection of Art Treasures Taken Away by...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 11 – Calder Dies, Vietnam Vet Shoots Avedon Photo
November 11, 1976 Alexander Calder dies. November 11, 1986 Ellis Nelson enters the Black Forest Inn in Minneapolis, pulls a gun from his coat, and shoots two holes in an original Richard Avedon...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 12 – Art Forger Convicted, Replica of David...
November 12, 1947 Han van Meegeren, one of the most famous art forgers ever, is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a just one year in prison. He never serves any time, since he dies of a heart attack...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 14 – Monet is Born
November 14, 1840 Claude Monet is born. I appreciate all of his contributions to art history (dedication to working in series, careful observation of atmospheric conditions and how they change...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 15 – Homer is Published, O’Keeffe is Born,...
November 15, 1862 Winslow Homer’s The Army of the Potomac-A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty a wood engraving based on a painting, is published in Harper’s Weekly. November 15, 1887 Georgia O’Keeffe is...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 16 – Frida Writes a Letter from US, AIDS Exhibition...
November 16, 1933 Frida writes a letter to her friend Isabel Campos that she is “dreaming about my return to Mexico:” New York is very pretty and I feel better here than in Detroit, but in spite of...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 26 – Whistler v. Ruskin Libel Trial Concludes
November 26, 1878 The two-day trial, filed by James Abbott McNeill Whistler against art critic John Ruskin, concludes. In July 1877, Ruskin writes a heavy-handed and extremely critical review of...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 29 – Mona Lisa Thief Contacts Antiques Dealer
November 29, 1913 Two years after the theft of the Mona Lisa, the thief contacts an antiques dealer named Alfredo Geri. Geri has innocently placed an ad in several Italian newspapers to advertise his...
View Article365 Days of Art: November 30 – National Portrait Gallery Censors AIDS Film
November 30, 2010 The National Portrait Gallery removes a film from the first-ever gay portraiture exhibition, Hide/Seek, after receiving complaints from a Catholic organization and members of...
View Article365 Days of Art: December 10 – Art Thief Tries to Negotiate Return of Mona Lisa
December 10, 1913 A man enters Geri’s antique shop in Florence, and after waiting for the other customers to leave, announces that he is in possession of the stolen Mona Lisa. The man gives his name as...
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