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NEA Announced First Round of 2023 Grants

April 18th, 2023

The NEA announced its latest string of grant recipients this week, with $35.6 million earmarked for a range of projects that “demonstrate the vitality of the humanities across our nation” according to Shelly C. Lowe, the endowment’s chairwoman, and “support humanities programs and opportunities for underserved students and communities.”
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Guardian Publishes Piece on Royal Collection

April 18th, 2023

The Guardian has a piece this week on the royal collection, and the range of works often received as gifts now worth millions.
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Curator Bernice Rose Has Died at the Age of 87

April 18th, 2023

Bernice Rose, an art historian and MoMA curator who was a vocal champion of drawing, and helped its establish its current role in arts study, has died at the age of 87. “She recognized early that for a generation of artists who emerged in the 1960s, the art of drawing knew no boundaries,” says Christophe Cherix, the museum’s chief curator of drawings and prints.
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REFERENCE LIBRARY

Josef Albers

Josef Albers- image via www.britannica.com

Josef Albers- image via www.britannica.com

Josef Albers (March 19, 1888March 25, 1976[1]) was a German-born American artist, mathematician and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century.

[via Wikipedia Entry ]

Study  for Homage to the Square via www.tate.org.uk

Study for Homage to the Square- image via www.tate.org.uk

In Water (Im Wasser)  1931 Sandblasted flashed glass  image via www.tate.org.uk

In Water (Im Wasser) 1931 Sandblasted flashed glass

[image via www.tate.org.uk]

Homage to the Square, Silkscreen -image via www.fineart.com

Homage to the Square, Silkscreen -image via www.fineart.com

The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation

More info about the artist coming soon.

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