Tag: Art museum
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Museum Babies
“What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge, not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” George Bernard Shaw (from The Painter’s Keys) Art museums are increasingly working to draw in children. New programs for children are springing up everywhere in museums. The museums are relaxing behavior standards in this effort. Where…
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Gallery Medicine
“Art galleries should be apothecaries of our deeper self.” Alain de Botton A growing body of research is revealing what artists have long known. There is healing in art. As more research is conducted more will be known. Medical and nursing schools are beginning to incorporate more arts in curriculum. Even though artists know of…
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The Stillness of Action
“All true artists , whether they know it or not, create from a place of no mind, of inner stillness.” Eckhart Tolle (from artquotes.net) What is stillness? Is it a physical place or an inner place? Do we need to go to a place of stillness to paint? Stillness for every artist is likely different. What…
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Ambiguity
“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.” Andy Warhol (from Artpromotivate) Do artists want an “anything goes” Art World where anyone can call anything art and put it up for display? Does that forward the cause of Art? While at dinner with several friends this topic came up. One friend is…