by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Mar 1, 2012 | Art History, General, Painting
Takashi Murakami’s new show “Ego” At the Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall in Qatar features 70 key works created since 1997, and more than a dozen new pieces that show the artist’s latest preoccupations on Japanese suffering after the March 2011 disaster. These new works...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Feb 24, 2012 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Palindrome: ecce (part 1) When returning from New York City last year, I have to admit that I was a bit frustrated to return to a city where community art instruction is still embedded in the old 19th century academic ways. Why teaching the same old stuff found in...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 25, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
By Marion Jean Hall Painting workshops are easy to find on the Internet. However, thrifty artists must ask the big question: Which ones are worth the investment of time, effort and money? Based on my recent experience at a ten-day workshop in Tuscany, I can heartily...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 10, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
More to see during New York art trip 2012 (March 8-11) Undoubtedly, upcoming spring in NYC will be bursting with Art! Besides the Armory Show, the Whitney Biennial and special exhibits such as Cindy Sherman at the MoMa and John Chamberlain at the Guggenheimm, the New...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 5, 2012 | Food | Cooking, General
Arepa con huevo frying; cost 1 500 pesos… 75 cents. Our last post from Colombia. Still in the Colombian Caribbean region and already missing some delicious typical food! Would love to go back to Canada with tons of queso campesino (fresh white cheese, great for...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 4, 2012 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
The museum infrastructure in Cartagena It must be lack of political will, maybe corruption, and worst, complacency, but since the last 11 years in Cartagena in Colombia, its Museum of Modern Art did not evolve at all. I would have expected fixed walls, a better...
