MoMA Design Stores in Japan now have face masks featuring famous art
The Museum of Modern Art masks feature works by iconic artists including Takashi Murakami, Van Gogh, Monet and more
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New York’s Museum of Modern Art store is stocked with all sorts of beautifully designed practical and collectible items like high-tech kitchenware, children s toys, fashion accessories and even merchandise from Japanese artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Yoshitomo Nara. Good thing you don’t have to be in New York to visit the store – there are MoMA Design Stores in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.
Just when you thought face masks couldn’t get any fancier, the MoMA Design Store has released a collection of reusable cloth masks featuring prints by famous artists whose work is in the MoMA collection. Now you can mask up with six designs based on artwork by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Takashi Murakami and more.
1. St. Patrick s Day Parties
Even though the city s official St. Patrick s Day parade is canceled this year because of the pandemic, you can still get a jumpstart on your Paddy s Day festivities
Saturday at one or more of these fun events. Keep in mind that capacity is limited because of social distancing guidelines, so plan ahead, friends, and make your reservations early.
First up, there s St. Practice Day at Molly Malone s Irish Pub (112 E. Fourth St., Covington), a lively Irish-owned bar and restaurant that s always a must-visit for St. Patrick s Day. Practice Day festivities kick off at 10 a.m. with a brunch menu until 1 p.m. (regular menu 1 p.m.-close), live Irish music, pipers, Irish dancers, green beer, patio dining and more. Reservations are recommended. covington.mollymalonesirishpub.com.
Review: Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
In London, Covid-19 has closed the British National Gallery. Meanwhile in Canberra, Australia’s National Gallery has opened its doors to an elegant selection of works from Britain’s collection. The two events are not connected, but they do signal how times have changed.
Since 1963, when the Mona Lisa was sent to Washington, asset rich but income poor art museums have relished the combination of kudos and cash that can come with a international tour of collection highlights. Some exhibitions originate when the home institution is closed for redevelopment, others are finely honed exercises in art diplomacy.
Picasso told Miró, ‘After me, you are the one who’s opening a new door’
Miró never officially joined the Surrealist movement, yet that didn’t stop its founder André Breton declaring him in 1928 ‘the most Surrealist of us all’.
Picasso was similarly full of praise, telling his compatriot around the same time that ‘after me, you are the one who’s opening a new door’.
Two of the top three prices for Miró works at auction and three of the top 10 are for works painted in the mid-to-late 1920s.
From ‘anti-painting’ to the
Constellations
By the end of the decade, Miró’s aims had changed. He now said he wanted ‘to assassinate painting’. This resulted in a type of work sometimes referred to as ‘anti-painting’: collages and paintings made with unusual artistic materials such as sand, tar and feathers.