Tag Archives: Crossing Cultures

The Bruise Beneath the Skin

Posted on January 12, 2014 by

One of the most popular paintings in the Crossing Cultures exhibition, judging by the comments I heard and the number of people standing with their phones and cameras pointed at it, was Samantha Hobson’s beautiful canvas, Wave Break at Night … Continue reading →

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Make It New / Make It Now

Posted on August 4, 2013 by

On July 12, at the opening of the final weekend of the Crossing Cultures exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art, Henry Skerritt came into town from Pittsburgh to join me in a conversation that Henry aptly titled (appropriating a … Continue reading →

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Wally Caruana @ Crossing Cultures

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

Last weekend we were again in Toledo, Ohio, for a series of events related to Crossing Cultures.  The Toledo Museum of Art is now led by Brian Kennedy, formerly the Director at the NGA from 1997 to 2004 and afterwards … Continue reading →

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Crossing Cultures at the Toledo Museum of Art

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

“You’ve captured the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy,” his father said with some pride. Of all the memorable things I heard during the past weekend when Crossing Cultures opened at the Toledo Museum of Art, that is the quotation that … Continue reading →

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Crossing Cultures / Toledo Museum of Art Slideshow

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Here is a selection of photographs of the installation of Crossing Cultures from the Toledo Museum of Art, shot on the opening day, April 12, 2013.  I wasn’t able to capture every angle and image and artwork included in the … Continue reading →

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The Last Great Art Movement of the 20th Century

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

I got buzzed and felled by a mean (and I mean mean) intestinal flu bug this week, so I’m lying low on all fronts.  Just two brief topics to note this week: Robert Hughes’s assessment that Aboriginal art is the … Continue reading →

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Black Arm Band Premiers ‘Dirtsong’ in the US

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

Shellie Morris celebrated her birthday in style this year.  Along with other members of the Black Arm Band, Shellie was in Hanover, New Hampshire, at Dartmouth College, to present the US premier of their third major production, dirtsong.  Immediately after … Continue reading →

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