Category Archives: Fine Art

A FORGOTTEN FORTUNE, APPEARING IN FORTUNE MAGAZINE

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Jim Clark

After years of sustaining a series of vintage design displays, we’re returning to the first instance (posted back on November 4,2014). But here we’re not about the witty and dazzling deco cover and the fascinating, quirky business concerns (such as … Continue reading →

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MICHELANGELO AT THE AGO–RE-CHARGING THE SENSE OF RENAISSANCE MAN

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Jim Clark

The Art Gallery of Ontario has transported the opportunity to display a few dozen drawings by Michelangelo into a most stimulating embrace of the ancient-god-like artist’s enduring significance. Its exhibition strategy boldly maintains the parity of that giant’s architectural projects … Continue reading →

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TORONTO’S NUIT BLANCHE and ART AS A PARTY!!

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Jim Clark

  This past Saturday night in Toronto was the occasion for the annual display of installations (hopefully wild), called Nuit  Blanche (White Night,12 hours non stop til 7 a.m.). We start with a dolled-up sales center to suggest how far … Continue reading →

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ALEX COLVILLE AND THE QUESTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Jim Clark

In face of the vast and fascinating output of paintings emanating from painter, Alex Colville (1920-2013), no one could miss its premium upon embracing a “mysterious,” unfamiliar side of familiar life. His strategy, in raising this matter, would seem to … Continue reading →

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SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN : LIFE AS POETRY

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Jim Clark

Though it won this year’s Oscar for Best Documentary, Malik Benjelloul’s  Searching for Sugar Man might well have been awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, period. How so? It’s complicated. But let’s make it quick this time. (A full review … Continue reading →

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JEAN COCTEAU: AN ARTIST NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Jim Clark

During the German Occupation of Paris, Jean Cocteau, assisted by his friend, Jean Marais, shook off a decade-long oblivion due to opium addiction, and wrote the script for Robert Bresson’s film, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1944/1945).

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NEW THEATRICALITY—IT’S SO BIG!

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Jim Clark

Throughout its fairly long history, Toronto has been a beacon to those counting on safe bets. Though not altogether a bad thing, it has, until very recently, played out as altogether a boring thing. Capping off a recent plunge to … Continue reading →

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PAUL DELVAUX, MASTER OF SURREALIST GLAMOR

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Jim Clark

When I was in High School, I came upon—by way of Time Magazine, of all things—the paintings of Paul Delvaux.

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A RANGE OF VIOLENCE

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Jim Clark

The recent catastrophe in Connecticut has driven all thoughtful people to reconsider the issue of violence. 

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THE PARIS PAINTINGS OF ALBERT MARQUET

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Jim Clark

Today I want to take a look at how Albert Marquet (1875-1947), a close friend of Henri Matisse and generally regarded as a second-rate practitioner of post-Impressionist painting, found his way to harmonics that still speak to us.

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