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Joan Mitchell: The Last Decade

Joan Mitchell is one of my favorite artists.  I was disappointed to find that there was only one of her paintings in the Abstract Expressionism exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art on view now.  I wish I lived in Beverly Hills.  If I did, I could view fourteen of her gorgeous works at the Gagosian GalleryThe Last Decade includes paintings from the last ten years of her life when she lived in France.  I highly recommend making time for this wonderful exhibition which runs from November 13 through December 23, 2010.  You can make it a present to yourself.  I'll guess I'll have to make due with the catalog.  Sigh.

Claude Monet: Late Work

I was blown away by the Picasso exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea last summer and I've been hearing that the Claude Monet: Late Work exhibition is even more amazing. "The most significant gathering of Monet's late paintings to take place in New York in more than thirty years, it will focus on the most important late subjects drawn from his gardens at Giverny—Nymphéas, Le pont japonais, and L'allée de rosiers—which are among the most treasured paintings of his long and prodigious career" I am looking forward to seeing it and if you are too, make sure you go soon. It closes June 26th!

Gagosian Gallery
522 West 21st Street
New York, NY 10011
T. 212.741.1717
Monday-Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm
May 1 - June 26, 2010






Picasso: Mosqueteros

When I was little, I used to paint and draw all the time. I visited museums and loved art but hated Picasso. I always thought I could paint better than he could. During my senior year of college, I took an entire course devoted to Picasso. On the first day, the professor told the story of how Picasso could paint like a master at the age of 15 and then spent the rest of his life trying to paint like a child. Then I got it.

If there is anyone who doesn't get that Larry Gagosian is the most powerful man in the art world, they should see Picasso: Mosqueteros. "It is the first exhibition in the United States to focus on the late paintings since Picasso: The Last Years: 1963-1973 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1984." I had the pleasure of walking through the show last week and I can say is that it is amazing! The Gagosian Gallery is inconveniently located but the trek is worth it. The exhibition was curated by Picasso biographer John Richardson who you can hear speak about the artist and his paintings on the New York Times website.

Picasso may have tried to paint like a child but these paintings were done in the last few years of his life when he was focused on death. You can see this in many of the self portraits and even though he was in his late 80's when these were painted, they are still vibrant, brilliant, and full of energy and spectacular. They are also full of beautiful color combinations that as a designer, I found truly inspiring. I highly recommend that you check it out so you can get Picasso too! Although, you might want to first get a taxi!
















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