Tag Archives: Toledo Museum of Art

Make It New / Make It Now

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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Crossing Cultures at the Toledo Museum of Art

“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

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

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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