i am very proud and happy that she is still working and producing and active in the community.
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How old is she? And obviously she passed on the art gene to you.
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mum is in her 80s. she has been a working artist longer than i have been alive. that’s all i have ever known growing up, watching her work, living with her art and it has always been lively and colorful.
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Great! Keeping active and interested is so important; I have a friend who takes a course at the university every year (she’s taken astronomy, political science, AI), who did a 140 mile hiking tour the week before her 90th birthday.
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That’s a wimple, though.
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Technically, a hennin
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Helter skelter
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… The news was first reported by Hyperallergic and confirmed via a statement by museum director Anne Pasternak to the New York Times. Pasternak reportedly broke the news to staff in a letter on Friday, writing that the institution was “experiencing strong headwinds: inflation has dramatically impacted our operating budget, adding millions of dollars to everyday costs and outpacing funding,” as quoted by the Times.
She added that these financial troubles were “further compounded by slow post-pandemic attendance recovery across the field.”
Layoffs are reportedly planned across museum departments and will include union and non-union positions. Per Hyperallergic, the president of Local 1502—a division of the District Council 37 union that represents art handlers, curatorial assistants, and maintainers—claimed that he was informed of the news on February 6, one day before the museum staff was set to receive notice. The timing, he said, may constitute a breach of contract clause requiring the union receive advance notice of layoffs. The union has since sent a cease-and-desist letter to the museum to stop management from laying off union members without the opportunity for negotiations or adequate warning. …
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Saw this in the February Mutts newsletter
and hadta go looking for this
The About page at the Mutts site sayeth
… The first MUTTS title-panel tribute ran on October 1, 1995, with a reference to one of Patrick’s favorite painters, Jean-Michel Basquiat. …
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“Well I was about to feed the cat but I guess he can wait for a couple hours while you take a quick painting of us”
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In Cuyp’s depiction the suppression of carnal desires is represented by the enraged cat, the traditional symbol of lust, being tempted yet restrained from the object of its desire – the fish.
https://www.steigrad.com/cuyp-jacob-a-4-year-old-girl-with-a-cat-and-a-fish
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Well, I made it to these I really wanted to see the Linder exhibition but the two come under one ticket price so two-for-one. Do try it if you are in London.
Apart from the imagery (and politics) I was struck by how collage is probably going to disappear now that everyone can do it “better” digitally and it really shouldn’t, so that thought will be filed under to-do.
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