Pop art legend Ruby Mazur debuts new Rock-n-Roll Last Supper at top Hawaii gallery
Ruby Mazur, (Color) Rock n Roll Last Supper. Oil on canvas, also signed, numbered Limited Edition prints.
MAUI
.- Legendary pop artist Ruby Mazur debuted his latest work Rock-n-Roll Last Supper, a massive five by twelve foot oil on canvas, as part of his latest exhibit at Hawaiis Holle Fine Art gallery at 839 Front Street in Lahaina, HI on the island of Maui.
The gallery exhibit welcomes in-person guests with social distancing and encouraged mask-wearing, along with online viewing and spotlights Mazurs rock-n-roll rendition of the iconic masterpiece along with a large selection of recent, mostly music and pop-culture influenced works. Over the past 45 years, his innovative & influential artistry has been displayed in galleries around the world.
A coming-out party for KAWS at the Brooklyn Museum
A preview of KAWS exhibition at Brooklyn Museum in New York, Feb. 23, 2021. The Simpsons, Snoopy and the Smurfs are all here in a survey of the artist Brian Donnellys 25-year career. Kirsten Luce/The New York Times.
by Max Lakin
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Marshall McLuhan suggested art is whatever you can get away with. Andy Warhol, who was so expert at appropriation that the quote is often attributed to him, proved McLuhan right. Since then, many artists have accepted the idea as a personal challenge, draining appropriation of its thrill. Entire fashion companies are predicated on it. People like what they know.
Nelson-Atkins begins serial release of French paintings catalogue
Edgar Degas (French, 18341917). Rehearsal of the Ballet, ca. 1876, gouache and pastel over monotype on paper, plate: 22 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (56.5 x 70 cm); sheet (irregular): 23 13/16 x 29 3/16 in. (60.5 x 74.2 cm),, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Purchase: the Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation Acquisition Fund, F73-30.
KANSAS CITY, MO
.- A 12-year scholarly project involving curators, conservators, scientists, and independent scholars at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City culminates with the launch of a digital catalogue of the museums French paintings and pastels. Built on the Quire digital platform developed by the Getty Foundation and refined for museum use through close collaboration, this catalogue marks the Nelson-Atkins first foray into the field of digital publishing, offering free and open access to all. With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kress Foundation