Art Rant - Kirsten Hammerstrom

How deep were my pockets?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by kittycalash

Warning: Museum-related Digression Not deep enough, not by half. On November 13, Augusta Auctions held a sale in New York that included some really wonderful th...

Art Rant/Museums/Research

‘Visual Arts Crush’

Posted on August 21, 2013 by kittycalash

I’ve been following the Times’ “Arts Crush” series, and one of the best, and best-written, in the series has been Holland Cotter’s...

Art Rant/Museums

Street

Posted on May 30, 2013 by kittycalash

Video art has often left me bored. It can be too schlocky, too stupid. Not that I don’t appreciate simple, silly work. The first piece of video art that m...

Art Rant/Museums

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity

Posted on May 21, 2013 by kittycalash

The authentic matters, the real matters. It is different. Great art leaps from the surface of the paper and lives. Photographs may burn into the paper, but in t...