Etruscan Tomb Discovery!

The discovery of an intact tomb at Tarquinia! These don't come along every day in Etruria, at least not for archaeologists (as opposed to tombaroli!). Look at the tiny little vase still hanging on the back wall after all these years! How awesome would it be to be buried like this? 

I have a slight obsession with the Etruscans, especially Etruscan bronze mirrors, so this news got me jazzed. I hope y'all think it's as neat as I do!

Dali in the Modern World

I love this modern interpretation of Dali's Lobster Telephone in the form of an iPhone case.

The original Dali Lobster Telephones (yes, plural) were originally designed for Edward James, a British collector of Dali's work.

He (James) actually used them in his house, which I think is really neat and is something I loved sharing with visitors when I did tours at the Dali Museum.

This new concept of the Lobster Telephone is just as fun and whimsical, although not as utile as the original ones. Would anyone actually use this? I would consider it!

The New Van Gogh Painting

For those who are in both classes with me where we do blogs, it may have become clear that Van Gogh is one of my favorites. I was really excited this morning to wake up to hear there has been an unveiling of a newly authenticated Van Gogh painting from 1888!! It is called Sunset at Montmajour. Van Gogh mentions the work to his brother Theo in a letter, and because of this we know it was painted on July 4, 1888. 

Whenever I hear stories of people finding art works in their attic it makes me think that I'm living in the wrong places. I want to find a painting by a famous artist in my attic! How awesome would that be? I am also fascinated by the different investigation methods used to authenticate the work.

This particular painting is quite beautiful, and upon first glance reminded me of one of the paintings in the Art Institute, which when I just checked online, was painted in the same year. The Art Institute work is The Poet's Garden.

I was very excited to hear about this and I hope you guys think it's as awesome as I do!!

Hi all!

I found this artist webpage a while ago doing research for new interpretations of old artworks. His name is Bob Kessel and I think that his interpretations of famous artworks into basic geometries are really interesting. My favorite is the first image of Kessel's work I came across, "VAN GOGH'S CHAIR apres Vincent Van Gogh". What do you guys think of his work?