Tag: art

  • Some People Never Had Experience with…

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    Air is an art project by Marina Vitaglione and written about by the BBC. The project seeks to raise awareness of the air pollution in and around London. She used cyanotypes to capture the pollution in the area. She collected evidence of the pollution in circular areas on paper and then exposed them as cyanotypes.…

  • The Evolution of Art

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    I work in the field of graphic design—or visual communications design for those of you younger whippersnappers. Regardless of what you call it, the field itself generally did not become a discipline until the early parts of the 20th century. Obviously, painters and illustrators were performing many of the tasks in the 19th century and…

  • Loaning Art

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    Two weekends ago I visited the Magritte exhibit currently showing here in Chicago. While I would love to share photographs of some of my favourite works, I cannot. The museum staff was clear that part of the rules for exhibiting loaned work was the prohibition of photography. So that prompted me to wonder how often…

  • Banksy Works in New York

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    The English artist Banksy has been in New York the past month. Consequently, the interest in his work prompted the New York Times to map the works across the city. Credit for the piece goes to the New York Times graphics department.