August 2017 Art News

Helen Pashgian on Georges de La Tour /// Artists on Art

"LACMA’s Artists on Art videos offer insights into works in the museum’s encyclopedic collection that have inspired and informed artists working today. Looking at art through their eyes, we hear directly from artists about works that intrigue them and have fed their own creativity."

Credit: The Los Angeles County Museum 
 

Mark Grotjahn on John McLaughlin /// Artists on Art

"LACMA’s Artists on Art videos offer insights into works in the museum’s encyclopedic collection that have inspired and informed artists working today. Looking at art through their eyes, we hear directly from artists about works that intrigue them and have fed their own creativity."
 

Ed Ruscha on Marcel Duchamp /// Artists on Art
"LACMA’s Artists on Art videos offer insights into works in the museum’s encyclopedic collection that have inspired and informed artists working today. Looking at art through their eyes, we hear directly from artists about works that intrigue them and have fed their own creativity."
Thomas Demand on Water Container for Tea Ceremony /// Artists on Art
"LACMA’s Artists on Art videos offer insights into works in the museum’s encyclopedic collection that have inspired and informed artists working today. Looking at art through their eyes, we hear directly from artists about works that intrigue them and have fed their own creativity."
Aaron Curry on Pablo Picasso /// Artists on Art
"LACMA’s Artists on Art videos offer insights into works in the museum’s encyclopedic collection that have inspired and informed artists working today. Looking at art through their eyes, we hear directly from artists about works that intrigue them and have fed their own creativity."
Gauguin's Process: Making Wood-Block Prints

"This video from the exhibition "Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist" breaks down Gauguin’s process for making wood-block prints step by step. Follow along to discover how the artist carved and printed blocks to make works like those in the Noa Noa Suite. "

Credit: The Art Institute of Chicago 

Gauguin: Radical Innovation in Printmaking

"In support of the exhibition "Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist" conservator Harriet Stratis demonstrates how Gauguin, always pushing the boundaries of art, created a new method of making abstract prints using a 19th-century technique. Learn more: http://gauguin.artic.edu/"

Credit: The Art Institute of Chicago

Enlightenment and Beauty: Sculptures by Houdon and Clodion

"Anne L. Poulet, Director Emerita of The Frick Collection, introduces the current exhibition 'Enlightenment and Beauty: Sculptures by Houdon and Clodion,' on view at the Frick until April 5, 2015. This video will be on view in the Music Room at the Frick during the run of the exhibition."

Credit: The Frick Collection

Van Dyck, The Anatomy of Portraiture

"An introductory video for the exhibition 'Van Dyck, The Anatomy of Portraiture,' on view at The Frick Collection from March 2, 2016, through June 5, 2016."

Credit: The Frick Collection

Turner's Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages Through Time

"Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), nineteenth-century Britain’s greatest land- and seascape artist, depicted ports throughout his career, both in monumental oil paintings and in watercolors. An insatiable traveler and an artist with a deep fascination with light, topography, and local traditions, as well as with classical antiquity, Turner brought an innovative approach to the depiction of both modern and ancient ports.