The youngest son of Matisses, Pierre Matisse has chosen to give the Pierre Matisse Gallery Archives - business documents, letters, photos, etc. of his father and other artists - to the Morgan Library. Pierre landed in the U.S. in `24- and opened up an art gallery 7 years later that represented all the major artists: his father, Calder, Chagall, Dubuffet, Miro, etc. (ARTNews) ... The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (state with the new and very cool alt. party governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura) has finished a $150 mill renovation with 33 new galleries and 74 improved galleries. Now they can display triple the art objects they could before. Bad news is that this is still just 4,000 objects out of a collection of 100,000. Too bad there isn't some way to see them all! (ARTNews)...It's the first major retrospective of Jack the Dripper's work in 30 years at MOMA (Museum of Modern Art). We're talking about Jackson Pollack. But a mad paint splatterer was just part of the story. What you might not know is that after he spilled the paint, he very carefully cut the canvas to get the best composition. Art S. Rev says, "Automatic writing, with an editor at the end." . UPDATE: We told you about Bridget Bardot's protest against the slaughter of animals for performance art by Hermann Nitsch. In response the Austrian Gov. closed down Nitsch and his naked assistants who used the animals blood to paint the walls. He claims he'll just move the show to his castle home north of Vienna. (ARTNews). . A neglected painting in Venice's San Salvador Church has been identified as a Renaissance masterpiece by Vittore Carpaccio. It was thought before now, to be a cheap copy, but after removing 3 layers of overpainting "Supper at Emmaus" emerged. This is not an artist most are familiar with but he is 1st rate and his compositions are astounding as is his use of color, etc. What a find this is! (Newsweek).
Tell a friend about Musea before the 15th. See ya next year!!!
