Thoughts on a Chinese Artist Studying a Western Old Master [Jin Shangyi at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing]
Jin Shangyi, a major Socialist Realist artist of the People’s Republic of China, explores the Classical realist tradition in three paintings based on masterpieces by Vermeer that are the centerpiece of his retrospective at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Beijing in 2011.
Splendor of `The Feast of the Gods’ Is Restored [Giovanni Bellini]
New York City Tribune, Mar. 19, 1990, p. 14.
Paolo Caliari: Artist of Venice’s Golden Age
New York City Tribune, Jan. 23, 1989, pp. 16, 14.
Museums Move into the Digital Future, Smartphones in Hand
Museums including MoMA, the Metropolitan, the Smithsonian and the Tate, and software companies like Google, are experimenting with new apps that meet audiences in the expanding virtual world. Technological leaps are rapidly making possible remote access to images and information about art museum collections, often on ipods, Androids and other smartphone devices.