Category Archives: Art

Linkathon

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: JayMan attempts an answer to this question: How much do inbreeding and outbreeding have to do with a society’s cohesiveness? Some bliss of recent vintage for Roger Federer fans. How does he make some of those shots? … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Politics and Economics | Tagged banking, economics, Foseti, Obama, Roger Federer, Steve Sailer | Leave a comment

Linkathon

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Does the U.S. even have a conservative tradition? Bettina Arndt (bouncing off of Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Vohs) takes a look at the state of today’s sexual marketplace. Should the British government be more frank about who’s sexually … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Linkathons, Sex | Tagged Bettina Arndt, Damien Hirst | 11 Comments

LACMA: Stanley Kubrick

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This past weekend your friend and humble narrator (sorry) took in the new grand deluxe Stanley Kubrick retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Posted in Art, Movies, Photography | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Auteur Theory, Barry Lyndon, Dr. Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut, Ingmar Bergman, Napoleon, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, White Men Can't Jump | 6 Comments

LACMA: Art of the Pacific

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I love indigenous/primitive art. These are from LACMA’s “Art of the Pacific” collection. I’ll let you write your own caption for this image.

Posted in Art, Photography | Tagged ancestor figures, Art of the Pacific, LACMA, Oceania, Papua New Guinea | 2 Comments

Quote of the Day

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “I leaf through now one book, now another, without order and without a plan, by disconnected fragments…If I encounter difficulties in reading, I do not gnaw my nails over them; I leave them there. I do nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Philosophy and Religion | Tagged Montaigne, Patron Saints of UR, reading | 5 Comments

Camille Paglia’s “Glittering Images”

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Camille Paglia — professor, provocateur, scourge of leftist academics and feminists — has a new book on visual art and was in town recently to lecture on it. I trekked over to the Skirball Cultural Center on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Education | Tagged art deco, Camille Paglia, Glittering Images, Los Angeles, Madonna, Skirball Cultural Center, Tamara de Lempicka, Vogue | 16 Comments

Quiz o’ th’ Day

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: What is it? Hubble image? Detail of painting by Redon? Chimpanzee art? Painting by a schizophrenic? Fan mail from a Flounder? None of the above?

Posted in Art, Travel | 6 Comments

Question Lady Question

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Question Lady

The Question Lady writes: Do you think it’s necessary to be self-centered in order to create art/movies/books/music?

Posted in Art | 8 Comments

Car Show / Art Show?

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A few weeks ago my wife and I attended a modest outdoor show of classic cars. It was a very happy experience for me. I was a car-crazy kid for a number of years … and here … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Commercial art, The Good Life | Tagged cars, commercial design, industrial design | 2 Comments

The Art of Pinball: Roy Parker

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: Over the last year or so Mrs. von Stroheim and I have been dipping our toes into the world of vintage pinball, and we finally took the plunge and bought the first (and perhaps only) machine … Continue reading →