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Daily Slow Art: Francis Guy at Brooklyn Museum of Art
Wednesday’s Slow Art Object – Francis Guy’s 1819 “Winter in Brooklyn.” Look at this for a few minutes today, Wednesday, February 10, 2010. (hint: click on the thumbnail to see the larger version) Then listen to this audio from the Brooklyn Museum … Continue reading
Daily Slow Art: Cezanne at MoMA
Tuesday’s Slow Art object – Cezanne’s “Chateau Noir” at MoMA. Look at this for a few minutes today, Tuesday, February 9, 2010.See Cezanne’s “Chateau Noir” here on the Slow Art Facebook wall:http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=wall——————-… Continue reading
Daily Slow Art: Gustav Klimt at MoMA
Monday February 8, 2010 Slow Art object – Gustav Klimt’s The Park at MoMA. Look at this for a few minutes today.See Klimt’s The Park here on the Slow Art Facebook wall:http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=wall—————————————–… Continue reading
Xenophon’s Hellenika Books I – II.3.10 Study Guide Questions
Xenophon Reading Group 2010 Book I – II.3.10 Study Guide Questions 1. Alcibiades – You’ve got to either love him or hate him…or both. Xenophon tells of his role in the latter years of the Pelopponesian War throughout our reading assignment for thi… Continue reading
Slow Art Day update
This week we added the following cities to Slow Art Day April 17, 2010:- Berlin, Germany(registration site being set up now) – Laguna Beach, Californiahttp://SlowArtLagunaBeach2010.eventbrite.com/ – Serbia, Belgrade (registration site being set up… Continue reading
Slow Art Chelsea Gallery Tour
New York Slow Art Day cohost Kate Gutman led me on a Chelsea gallery tour yesterday, January 23, 2010.Kate showed me:(1) wonderful and unusual photos from Diane Arbus “In the Absence of Others” at Cheim & Read, 547 W. 25 St (see below) (2) indescr… Continue reading
Slow Art Day at Gemäldegalerie?
Know anyone in Berlin who might want to host Slow Art Day April 17, 2010 at Gemäldegalerie? Michael Kimmelman describes this museum today in the New York Times: “In room after room of Giotto and Raphael, Titian and Rembrandt, Dürer and Holbein I f… Continue reading
Slow Art host Smithsonian’s “Fill the Gap” Flickr program
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Luce Foundation Center, one of the hosts of Slow Art Day, is featured in a New York Times article published today about how museums are encouraging online users to participate and even collaborate. The article… Continue reading
Podcast of Discussion, Odyssey Books 1-8, January 19, 2010
A very enjoyable call discussing Books 1-8 of Homer’s “Odyssey.” Looking forward to the next calls on February 9 and March 9. Continue reading
Homer 2010 kicks off
The first 2010 section of Homer’s Odyssey kicks off tonight with Pat Wictor moderating.Pat is a co-founder of the Reading Odyssey and an acclaimed singer-songwriter.Pat’s website is here:http://www.patwictor.comAnyone can follow the progress of th… Continue reading