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Italian government’s announcement to cut the country’s cultural budget threatens the preservation of its most significant ancient sites, monuments and ruins. March 30, 2010: Domus Aurea (“Golden Palace”) built by Emperor Nero closes after water damage weakened it, causing partial collapse. May 26, 2010: Italian government announces $32 billion in budget cuts, targeting, in large [...]

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I had the pleasure of attending a press release yesterday, May 3, 2010, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newest exhibition: “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity.”  As a fashion lover, I knew that this collection of high end haute couture pieces were not only exquisitely chosen but expertly arranged to portray both the history [...]

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Was the “Young Archer” Created By a Young Michelangelo? The statue of a “Young Archer” is on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to gather further expert studies on whether or not this work can be attributed to the Renaissance master Michelangelo.  Though unfinished, broken and with far less attention to detail as his [...]

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I’m so excited! I just received the Vinyl Underground bag and it looks great!  Vinyl Underground is one of my photographs that was chosen to be printed on laptop messenger bags! It is already for sale online   The colorful photograph features vintage vinyl records of iconic musicians lined up in a row. It’s a [...]

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Earlier this week, I had the honor of previewing an upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915,” with the opportunity to listen to curatorial remarks by Carrie Barratt and Barbara Weinberg and gather impressions of the work on display before it’s unveiling to the public on Monday, [...]

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“Warning: Models in this ad may not seem as real as they appear.” I love, love, love the fact that the French Parliament is considering a “Full Photoshop Disclosure” law for advertisements.  This would require that these entities inform the viewers if any Photoshopping or airbrushing was done on a given picture.  This would be [...]

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What could beat taking a walk and browsing through the works of talented artists on such an absolutely beautiful day as this past Sunday?  Apparently nothing.  This weekend’s show at the Staten Island Museum of Art was extremely successful!  Thanks for the support, everyone.  On sale was my photography and jewelry.  I found it interesting [...]

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Excited to find out today about the progress of a project I am involved in.  Diary 2010 is a motivating endeavor taken on by www.fantazya.ca to create a tri-lingual diary comprised of hundreds of artists’ work.  The compilation of various styles and perspectives is refreshing and inspiring! The idea is for each page of this [...]

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Debating if I’m having fun or pulling my hair out while preparing for art shows…  I love what I do, so far be it for me to complain about it.  Still, the closer I get to any art show I do, the more I forget or add to my 5 “to do” lists I have [...]

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How and why… and, seriously, how… can Annie Leibovitz, brilliant mind of our time, have encountered so much trouble in recent times?  I’ve been reading up on the photographer-elite’s recent financial and legal struggles through her whole ordeal and can’t help but be baffled.  With a powerhouse team like her and partner Susan Sontag, I [...]

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