War/Photography at The Corcoran Gallery of Art

War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and It’s Aftermath June 29, 2013–September 29, 2013 The Corcoran Gallery of Art by Tim Ruane Who would make art out of war?  This is the question one asks while walking through rooms of Washington D.C.’s  Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the answer is more than 185 brilliant photographers whose […]

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Albrecht Dürer at the National Gallery of Art

Albrecht Dürer at the National Gallery of Art March 24 – June 9, 2013 by Sarah Katherine Jorgensen The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC has organized a phenomenal exhibition of Albrecht Dürer’s watercolors, drawings and engravings from the Albertina Museum in Vienna. There are so many astounding works that it is impossible to take a […]

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The Civil War and American Art. Part Two

 The Civil War and American Art By Sarah Kate Jorgensen Smithsonian American Art Museum  & The Metropolitan Museum of Art PART 2:  EASTMAN JOHNSON’S “NEGRO LIFE AT THE SOUTH” Genre paintings reveal personal and political narratives in the exhibit The Civil War and American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.  They cover topics from […]

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An Intimate World: Welling’s Wyeth

An Intimate World: Welling’s Wyeth David Zwirner, New York/London Art Review By Sarah Kate Jorgensen A full moon obscured by clouds, an isolated farmhouse, light through a dormer window; a wall cast in shadows; the yellowing and reddening of the leaves; a frosted window; wallpaper peeling off the kitchen wall; a cabinet of spices, windows […]

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