Ever wonder how to pronounce Delacroix properly? Or Ingres, or Klee, or Beuys? Mispronunciation can be embarrassing, and can lead to stress, sleeplessness, skin disorders and insanity (no, not really). So ArtSpace has published some helpful starter lists of pronunciations – study hard before your next art history class, museum trip or cocktail…
We’ve mentioned Europeana before on the Red Dot but it’s certainly worth mentioning again – it’s a site that brings together digital content (all media!) from all aspects of European culture: museums, archives, libraries, and historic sites. They’ve launched an app called the Europeana Open Culture app (download it here), which showcases some of their…
Antoni Gaudí, who began Barcelona’s cathedral of Sagrada Família in the 1880s and spent the rest of his life increasingly invested in its completion, was unable to see it happen in his lifetime. Indeed, the project continues to this day and is projected to be finished by 2026 (the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s untimely death). However,…
As we get closer to Hallowe’en we thought these artwork-inspired costumes would be inspiration for all of you. If you do make something super creative this year, please send Red Dot a photo. Roy Lichtenstein is especially popular – lots of work, but the results are worth it.
Andrew Romano’s Daily Beast essay Trading Modernist for McMansion addresses the issue that a “certain kind of modernist property—namely, a lesser-known house situated on a prime lot in an expensive neighborhood—is still at risk” in Los Angeles neighborhoods like Beverly Hills and Bel Air.