Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov poses for a portrait at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City in July. The center, a multidisciplinary practice and performance space, opened in 2005. When Mikhail Baryshnikov says, "I'm really afraid to get bored with myself," he means it. As one of the greatest ballet dancers ...
Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) The Artist’s Garden in Surrey
Sultan Al Qassemi says, "I don't buy artworks that I think are pretty ... I buy art that is politically meaningful." That art includes Yemeni photographer Boushra Al Mutawakel's Mother, Daughter, Doll series. ...
The Broad Museum, on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, opens Sunday. Admission is free. Los Angeles is getting a new contemporary art museum, courtesy of billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad and his wife Edythe. Their free museum opens Sunday. Surrounded by the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Music Center ...
William Clapp (1879 - 1954) La Voisson 1905 William Henry Clapp was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1879 to American parents. The family returned to the United States in 1885 and settled in Oakland, California. William H. Clapp came back to Canada in 1900 and enrolled at the Art Association of Montreal where he studied under William Brymner. During this time he painted with Clarence Gagnon in St. Joachim and Baie St. Paul. He left Canada in 1904 to study in Paris at the Académie ...