A Brooklyn Art Critic’s Notebook

Jun 01

Two contrasting tweet opinions on the Sotheby’s art handlers resolution. @starwarsmodern @Yngaling (Taken with instagram)

Two contrasting tweet opinions on the Sotheby’s art handlers resolution. @starwarsmodern @Yngaling (Taken with instagram)

May 31

Love his Brooklyn tattoo.  (Taken with Instagram at MTA Subway - 8th Ave/14th St (A/C/E/L))

Love his Brooklyn tattoo. (Taken with Instagram at MTA Subway - 8th Ave/14th St (A/C/E/L))

I love @gerryvisco …she’s awesome.  (Taken with instagram)

I love @gerryvisco …she’s awesome. (Taken with instagram)

OMG… @gerryvisco at the @RecessArt benefit #ILOVEHER (Taken with Instagram at Tribeca Grand Hotel)

OMG… @gerryvisco at the @RecessArt benefit #ILOVEHER (Taken with Instagram at Tribeca Grand Hotel)

FCKNLZ’s potion table at the @RecessArt benefit #awesome (Taken with instagram)

FCKNLZ’s potion table at the @RecessArt benefit #awesome (Taken with instagram)

One of the bubbling potion by Fcknlz at the @RecessArt benefit.  (Taken with GifBoom)

One of the bubbling potion by Fcknlz at the @RecessArt benefit. (Taken with GifBoom)

“A victims advocacy group, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, sent a letter of protest to the current archbishop of Milwaukee on Wednesday asking, “In what other occupation, especially one working with families and operating schools and youth programs, is an employee given a cash bonus for raping and sexually assaulting children?” — “In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers” in The New York Times (May 30, 2012)

May 29

A small lesson as to why you should not accept random IM requests.

A small lesson as to why you should not accept random IM requests.

May 28

Then this Matisse, “The Red Room (Harmony in Red)” (1908), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

Then this Matisse, “The Red Room (Harmony in Red)” (1908), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

Wait, there’s also this awesome Matisse, “Music” (1910), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

Wait, there’s also this awesome Matisse, “Music” (1910), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

Except maybe this Matisse, “Le café arabe” (1913), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

Except maybe this Matisse, “Le café arabe” (1913), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

A Matisse doesn’t get any better than this. “The Dance” (1909–10), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

A Matisse doesn’t get any better than this. “The Dance” (1909–10), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

These two Pierre Bonnard’s from 1911 are perfect Paris paintings. Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

These two Pierre Bonnard’s from 1911 are perfect Paris paintings. Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

May 27

One of the greatest paintings of the 19th C. Pierre Narcisse Guérin, ” Morpheus and Iris” (1811), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

One of the greatest paintings of the 19th C. Pierre Narcisse Guérin, ” Morpheus and Iris” (1811), Hermitage (Taken with instagram)

One of the best paintings at the Hermitage. Kees van Dongen, “Lucie and Her Dance-Partner” (1911) (Taken with instagram)

One of the best paintings at the Hermitage. Kees van Dongen, “Lucie and Her Dance-Partner” (1911) (Taken with instagram)