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Some of the other b5media travel writers have posted some great art stories on their blogs recently.
Some interesting “reverse glass” paintings is on display at the Croatian Native Art Gallery and Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. Mary Jo, the writer of Fly Away Cafe (who also writes The Seattle Traveler) explains the question…“How do they [...]
Experience with human body like never before. See what we look like on the inside, without our skin. Using real human bodies that have been preserved in an innovative process.
The exhibit, BODIES - The Exhibition, shows over 20 human bodies presented as pieces of art, which show the skeletal, muscular, respiratory, and circulatory systems of [...]
Collect 120 of some of the most interesting and unique craft artists in the U.S. and you get the annual Smithsonian Craft Show.
Over 1,100 artists applied to participate yet only 120 of the best were accepted. You can find one-of-a-kind and limited edition crafts from 12 categories including basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, [...]
Described as a Neo-Dadaist as well as an artist who effectively bridged the gap between pop art and Abstract Expressionist, Jasper Johns has had a significant impact on modern and minimalist conceptual art starting in the early 1950s.
The current exhibit of 80 of John’s paintings, prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Art follow [...]
The development of motion pictures started in the 1860s with image machines such as the zoetrope. As the images inside a spinning cylinder are viewed through a small hole, the image blur together producing the illusion of motion. As film and associated cameras developed, still photographs were displayed in a series, at a speed to [...]
Billed as the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively women artists, the National Museum of Women in the Arts is a great place to experience art and artists that you may have never seen before.
The museum’s origins trace back to a couple of art collectors - Wilhelmina and Wallace Holladay, who after collecting art for [...]
Starting her career after runing away from home, Josephine Baker began dancing as street-performer in St Louis. Within a couple years, at just 15 years old, she started dancing in vaudeville. She soon moved to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance after the end of the first World War. There she performed on Broadway [...]
While New York has Rockefeller Center for winter outdoor ice skating, nothing compares with skating while surrounded by fine works of sculpture and great music at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. So now that the cold winter weather has arrived in DC, the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden ice-skating rink is open.
If you [...]
Camera…Scanner.
Last week, I wrote about a great photographic exhibit of award-winning nature photographs on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
In the gallery next door, is a rather unique exhibit of stunning photographic(?) images of flowers. The reason for the question mark is that these images are not taken with a camera, but with [...]
The Smithsonian’s Asian and Eastern art museum, The Sackler Gallery on the National Mall, is hosting an exhibit of some of the oldest Bible artifacts in existence inan exhibit called In the Beginning: Bibles before the Year 1000.
Over the centuries, the iconic Bible as it’s known today has changed and evolved to what we know [...]
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