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Diverse Cultures Contributed to New Mexico Art
A Zia Pueblo jar, ca. 1680-1720, New Mexico, part of "Converging Streams: Art of the Hispanic and Native American Southwest," on display at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art in Santa Fe, N.M. The show and a book by the same title examine contributions made by diverse cultures to early New Mexico architecture, weaving, woodwork, leatherwork, textiles, pottery, metalwork and religious art.
Diverse cultures contributed to NM art
For centuries, New Mexico has been home to a distinctive tradition of painting Catholic saints in simple portraits, rather than adhering to the elaborate styles of European art.
JAMA: More Studies Needed of Oil Spill's Effects on Humans
A new scientific paper warns that major studies are needed to figure out what the health impacts of such a major spill might actually be
In September, All Eyes will Be on Kees van Dongen Exhibition
Kees van Dongen, A Finger on her Cheek, 1910. Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Pictoright, Amsterdam. ROTTERDAM.- This autumn, for the first time, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is showing the recently restored work A Finger on her Cheek by Kees van Dongen in its original state in All Eyes on Kees van Dongen, an exhibition that also features some sixty other ...