Mungo Thomson

"Thomson pairs a distinctly West Coast conceptual sensibility with an interest in cosmology, mysticism, and reception. In Thomson’s diverse art—ranging from films and sound works to publications, drawings, and photographic wall murals—simple processes of inversion and transformation are joined with an expansive sense of space and context."
John Connelly, Whitney, artnet

Alfred Hitchcock

Wikipedia - "Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood."
Wikipedia, Hitchcock, IMDb, senses of cinema, PBS, YouTube, (1)

Barbara Probst

"In Barbara Probst’s Exposure #39, two photographs depict the same woman at exactly the same moment but in very different ways. On one side, a color image captures her as she strides through a bucolic, alpine landscape. On the other, a black-and-white picture reveals the color photograph to be an illusion: the woman is actually on the rooftop of a New York skyscraper, moving in front of a backdrop depicting an idyllic mountain scene."
MoCP, Barbara Probst, Wikipedia, artnet

O Holy Cow! The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto

"As a longtime play-by-play announcer for the Yankees, Mr. Rizzuto embodies the divided, sometimes wandering attention, the ebbing and flowing alertness, the genial state of all-but-suspended consciousness that have made the sound of broadcast baseball a beloved national pacifier."
NYT, Cosmic Baseball Association

African American music

Wikipedia - "African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music and musical genres emerging from or influenced by the culture of African Americans, who have long constituted a large ethnic minority of the population of the United States."
Wikipedia

Joan Mitchell

City Landscape
Wikipedia - "Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 - October 30, 1992) was a ‘Second Generation’ Abstract Expressionist painter. Along with Lee Krasner, Grace Hartigan, and Helen Frankenthaler she was one of her era's few female painters to gain critical and public acclaim. Her paintings and editioned prints can be seen in major museums and collections across America and Europe."
Wikipedia, Joan Mitchell, artnet

The Band

Wikipedia - "The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999. The original group (1967-1976) consisted of four Canadians: Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, vocals); Richard Manuel (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, vocals); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); and Rick Danko (bass guitar, violin, trombone, vocals), and one American, Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, vocals)."
Wikipedia, Google, The Band, last.fm, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)

Sigmar Polke

Klassenzimmer, 1995
Wikipedia - "Polke's creative output during this time of enormous social, cultural, and artistic changes in Germany and elsewhere, demonstrate most vividly his imagination, sardonic wit, and subversive approach in his drawings, watercolors, and gouaches produced during the 1960s and 1970's."
Wikipedia, Getty, artnet

Yves Klein

Wikipedia - "Yves Klein (28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962) was a French artist and is considered an important figure in post-war European art. New York critics of Klein's time classify him as neo-Dada, but other critics, such as Thomas McEvilley in an essay submitted to Artforum in 1982, have since classified Klein as an early, though 'enigmatic,' Post-Modernist."
Wikipedia, Yves Klein, Google, YouTube, Dailymotion

Celtic art

Wikipedia - "Celtic art is art associated with various people known as Celts; those who spoke the Celtic languages in Europe from pre-history through to the modern period, as well as the art of ancient people whose language is unknown, but where cultural and stylistic similarities suggest they are related to Celts."
Wikipedia

New York School

Wikipedia - "The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City.(synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City."
Wikipedia

Sin & Salvation

The Afterglow in Egypt
"This exhibition interprets Hunt's work in a new light, revealing an artist who grappled with the issues of the day. Sometimes gritty, never conventional, Hunt's art addressed the conflicts between East and West, the crisis of faith in the age of Darwin, the evolving role of women in society, and the complex relationship between the sexes."
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Susan Rothenberg

Red Studio, 2002-2003
art:21 - "Her early work—large acrylic, figurative paintings—came to prominence in the 1970s New York art world, a time and place almost completely dominated and defined by Minimalist aesthetics and theories. The first body of work for which she became known centered on life-sized images of horses. Glyph-like and iconic, these images are not so much abstracted as pared down to their most essential elements."
PBS, Wikipedia, artnet

The Beau Brummels

Wikipedia - "The Beau Brummels were a successful 1960s American rock band, formed in San Francisco in 1963."
Wikipedia, YouTube, Dailymotion

Dan Graham

Wikipedia - "Dan Graham (March 31, 1942, Urbana, Illinois) is a conceptual artist now working out of New York City. He is an influential figure in the field of contemporary art, both a practitioner of conceptual art and an art critic and theorist."
Wikipedia, Dan Graham, DIA, Whitney, NYT

House music

Wikipedia - "House is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino, and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City and Detroit. It eventually reached Europe before becoming infused in mainstream pop & dance music worldwide."
Wikipedia, Deep House Page, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)

"We choose to go to the moon..."

"Eight years later, on July 20, 1969, two American astronauts landed on the Moon's surface."
JFK Library & Museum, We Choose the Moon, Apollo, YouTune

SimCity

Wikipedia - "SimCity is a city-building simulation game, first released in 1989 and designed by Will Wright. SimCity was Maxis' first product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and spawned several sequels including SimCity 2000 in 1993, SimCity 3000 in 1999, SimCity 4 in 2003, SimCity DS, and SimCity Societies in 2007."
Wikipedia, SimCity

Robert Ryman

Untitled. 1965
"Robert Ryman (born May 30, 1930) is an American painter identified with the movements of monochrome painting, minimalism, and conceptual art. The majority of his works feature abstract expressionist-influenced brushwork in white or off-white paint on square canvas or metal surfaces."
Wikipedia, art21, MoMA, DIA

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Wikipedia - "Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker (born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) is one of the most prominent choreographers in contemporary dance. The dance company constructed around here, Rosas, was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007."
Wikipedia, Independent, Voice of Dance, PARTS, Utopia Parkway, NYT, YouTube

Richard Thompson

Wikipedia - "Richard John Thompson (born 3 April 1949 in Notting Hill, West London) is a British songwriter, guitar player and recording and performing musician."
Wikipedia, Richard Thompson, last.fm, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)

Projects 90: Song Dong

"Beijing-based artist Song Dong (b. 1966) explores notions of transience and impermanence with installations that combine aspects of performance, video, photography, and sculpture. Projects 90, his first solo U.S. museum show, presents his recent work Waste Not."
MoMA

Linen Motel Postcards

"My Motel Morgue is a place to view my collection of mostly dead motel postcards. At least a couple of these motels are still alive and even have websites. The images on the postcards themselves, however, are at least fifty years old. The linen postcard was pretty much dead by 1957, although remaining stocks of linen postcards continued to be used in the 1960s."
Linen Motel Postcardsz

Persopolis 2.0

"Since the Revolution in 1979, Iranians have coped with an increasingly repressive regime. Attempts for greater social and political freedoms have resulted in brutal crackdowns by the hardline government. The ensuing apathy and significant boycott of the 2005 presidential elections led to the election of the ultraconservative mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."
Persepolis 2.0, Wikipedia,

Children of the Atomic Bomb

"A mother fled the flames with her child in her arms" was drawn by Yamada Ikue, who was 12 years old at the time of the blast at Hiroshima.
"Dr. James N. Yamazaki, at the age of 33 in 1949, was the lead physician of the U.S. Atomic Bomb Medical Team assigned to Nagasaki to survey the effects of the bomb. This bomb was a deliberate act of destruction that destroyed human bodies, brains, and genes for generations."
Children of the Atomic Bomb

Siouxsie & the Banshees

Wikipedia - "Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band formed in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin, the only constant members."
Wikipedia, Siouxsie & the Banshees, last.fm, My Space, mital-u, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)

Hermann Glöckner

Profil vor Dächern
"Hermann Glöckner (1889 – 1987) is one of the most significant – although not of the prominent – artists who lived in the German Democratic Republic (former East Germany) and have created lasting works of art in terms of art history."
IFA

Pages of Gold: Medieval Illuminations

"This exhibition comprises nearly sixty lavish single leaves, dating from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Pierpont Morgan, the preeminent collector of complete medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, also acquired single pages as did many collectors who developed an appreciation for these orphaned leaves during the nineteenth century."
The Morgan

two twelve

"My goal is to bring art to the streets. All pieces are painted using hand cut stencils and spray paint, no silk screening or mass production. Quality over quantity."
two twelve

Clay Ketter

In My Mind in Venice, 2006
"Ketter, who has lived in Sweden for over 20 years, is renowned for creating art works through the investigation of construction techniques. His work on the surface has a beautifully minimalist aesthetic, but the real interest lies beneath the layers in a 'truth to materials' approach and the perfection of the process."
Cool Hunting, artnet, Art Daily

Soldier’s Mail

"Letters Home from a New England Soldier 1916-1919. Under Bombardment, 7/10-16/1918. ... In rain and fog at midnight on July 14, the entire 26th Division front was again heavily shelled with a combination of high explosive and gas, including 1500 rounds falling on the 103rd Infantry positions in the woods near La Voie du Chatel."
Soldier’s Mail

Procol Harum

Wikipedia - "Procol Harum are a British rock band, formed in the 1960s, who contributed to the development of progressive rock, and by extension, symphonic rock. Their best-known recording is their 1967 single 'A Whiter Shade of Pale.'"
Wikipedia, Google, last.fm, metrolyrics, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), videos

José Guadalupe Posada

Wikipedia - "José Guadalupe Posada ... (2 February 1852 – 20 January 1913) was a Mexican engraver, illustrator and artist whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists due to its satirical acuteness and political engagement."
Wikipedia, Carnaval, My Mexico

John Dowland

Wikipedia - "John Dowland (1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as 'Come, heavy sleep" (the basis for Benjamin Britten's Nocturnal), 'Come again', "Flow my tears', 'I saw my Lady weepe' and 'In darkness let me dwell', but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has been a source of repertoire for classical guitarists during the twentieth century."
Wikipedia, Naxos, Youtube, (1)

In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976

"This exhibition examines approximately seventy-five works by artists of different nationalities relating to travel and the city of Amsterdam, which was the nexus of intense art activities in the 1960s and 1970s, when artists converged there from all over the world. Hanne Darboven, Gilbert & George, Sol LeWitt, Charlotte Posenenske, Allen Ruppersberg, and Lawrence Weiner, among others, spent considerable amounts of time in Amsterdam and often produced works in direct relation to the city."
MoMA

Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture

A Young Couple (Bacchus and Ariadne)
"Led by Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455–1532), the great Venetian sculptors of the High Renaissance created new ideals of beauty, shaped by a poetic and nostalgic approach to classical antiquity."
NGA

The Hidden History of Tango

"For the first century of its history, while Tango music struggled for and then achieved respectability, the dance was neglected by historians and academics. The articles on these pages are based on many years of research in areas sometimes not covered by the official histories of Tango. The aim is to get to the heart of the Tango from a dancer's perspective, but not forgetting the rich history of the music."
The Hidden History of Tango

Tour de France

Wikipedia - "The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race that covers more than 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi) throughout France and bordering countries. The race usually lasts 23 days and attracts cyclists from around the world."
Wikipedia, Tour de France - Guardian, VS, Steephill, Tour de France 2009, Bicycling, Tour de France history - BBC, Pitchfofk - Tour de France Soundtracks, YouTube - 1, (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)

Leaves of Ash, Paris

"Inspired by the poet Walt Whitman, Michael Nevin and Julia Dippelhofer set out to gather the work of artists that are contributors to the journal, and their friends and neighbors in Brooklyn. The fragmented natural world, portrayed by the six artists that make up this show, is both a reflection and a fabrication, a witty questioning of their surroundings as well as an observant documentation of them."
Fake-RealAX, Suzanne Tarasieve

Jacques Villeglé

Wikipedia - "Jacques Villeglé, born Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé (1926, Quimper, Brittany) is a French mixed-media artist and affichiste famous for his alphabet with symbolic letters and decollage with ripped or lacerated posters."
Wikipedia, Modernism, artnet, global moxie

Pina Bausch, 1940-2009

"Pina Bausch, the German choreographer who combined potent drama and dreamlike movement to create a powerful form of dance theater that influenced generations of dancemakers, died on Tuesday in Wuppertal, Germany. She was 68."
NYT, A Stage for Social Ego to Battle Anguished Id - NYT, Pina Bausch - NYT, Wikipedia, Stanford Presidential Lectures in the Humanities and Arts, Ballet Magazine, npr, Pina Bausch: A Worldly Choreographer - NYT, Pornography of pain: Dancer Pina Bausch's turbulent career - The Independent, Video, UBU, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10)

Sophie Calle

“Prenez soin de vous”, 2007. Installation view.
"It’s often presumed that privacy is a myth in our technologically enmeshed world. Yet it’s a testament to the reverse that artist Sophie Calle, after more than 25 years of stealing strangers’ phone books (L’Homme au carnet), photographing hotel visitors’ underwear (L’Hôtel) and stalking strange men through Europe (Suite vénitienne), still manages to find uncomfortable aspects of the private—often in her own life—and expose them through art in unique and provocative ways."
Canadian Art, Wikipedia, Issue 5: Venice Special (Tate), Guardian, YouTube, Google

French New Wave

The 400 Blows
Wikipedia - "The New Wave (French: La Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced (in part) by Italian Neorealism[3] and classical Hollywood cinema."
Wikipedia, Moving Image Source, fictionwise

Home on the Hudson: Women and Men Painting Landscapes, 1825-1875

Hudson Valley at Croton Point, 1869. Julie Hart Beers
"SHAKESPEARE is not the only attraction at Boscobel this summer. On the lower level of the historic Boscobel House, an elegant example of Federal architecture completed in 1808, is a small exhibition gallery that opened last year."
NYT, Home Hudson (PDF)

Andy Denzler

"Figures referenced from mass media, photography, cinema and other areas of popular culture, are removed from their original contexts and placed into ambiguous spaces."
Andy Denzler, artnet, re-title

Hazel & Alice

"Protest and folksinger Hazel Dickens grew up the eighth of 11 children in a large, poor mining family in West Virginia, and she has since used elements of country and bluegrass to spread truth about two causes close to her heart: the plight of non-unionized mineworkers and feminism, born not of the '60s movement but traditional values."
eMusic, Rhapsody, MySpace, last.fm

'I got a new head, and I'm fine'

"The bikes ... the robots ... the dream of man and machine in perfect harmony. How is the Kraftwerk vision of the future shaping up? Ralf Hütter gives a rare interview to John Harris."
Guardian, Paul Morley's showing off... Kraftwerk

RE/Search Publications

Wikipedia - "RE/Search Publications is a United States magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, founded and edited by V. Vale in 1980."
Wikipedia, RE/Search

Peter and Gordon

Wikipedia - "Peter and Gordon were a British Invasion-era performing duo, formed by Peter Asher and Gordon Waller, that rocketed to fame in 1964 with 'A World Without Love' and had several subsequent hits in that era."
Wikipedia, Classic Bands, AOL, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)

Martayan Lan

Paris, 1627. Carte de l'Amerique.
"Whether you are starting a new collection or further developing an existing one, we are always happy to offer you the benefit of our experience. We would like to encourage you to contact us with any questions you might have."
Martayan Lan