March 17th is Picture a Museum day. Why didn’t someone tell me? I hope I’m not too late. Can it be a picture of a picture of a closed exhibit of pictures? Sidewalks: Portraits of Chicago was a 2010 exhibit at the Chicago Tourist Center. The exhibit’s images and accounts...
The Expression Court has over 50 floating heads designed by artist Sophie Cave. Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.
Apparently it’s Museum Week, which has something to do with hundreds of cultural institutions from around the world engaging the public with hashtags or something. How fun! (sarcasm) Unfortunately I’m not an important cultural institution (at least not yet) but I do write about museums on this blog so I...
The Murals of Saint Petersburg, Russia: “Scarlet Sails” named after the novel written by Alexander Grin A tribute to “Soviet Heroes” People playing football in front of “City” “The 200th Anniversary of the Russian Army Victory Over Napoleon” A kid walks by the “Suitcase” apartment block The “Books” building
On display at The Stickley Museum we have a Gustav Stickley screen no. 1091 that was once owned by Barbra Streisand. You can see it here on her album cover “Greatest Hits…and More”. Barbra is part of the Stickley Story- it was her record-breaking purchase of a Gustav Stickley sideboard...
If you recall, I once told you about the Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Belgium. Well, Belgians really, really, really like comics…so much that they even have a comic strip walk that starts at the De Brouckere metro station and ends at the Comic Café on the Grand Sablon. Along...
Ashley Bryan, who will turn 93 years old in a few weeks, is a writer and illustrator of children’s books. Although he was born in New York City, he has spent the last 40 years living in retirement on Little Cranberry Island in Maine. But that doesn’t mean he’s sitting...
Because Black History Month ends tomorrow and this week’s theme seems to be all about wax, I believe this is the perfect time to tell you about Oran Z’s Pan African Black Facts and Wax Museum. Located in the middle of a strip mall in south Los Angeles, this sprawling...
If you have been following this blog for a long time, then you know how much I love visiting cemeteries. I am lucky that Chicagoland has so many interesting and historic ones, from Bohemian National Cemetery to Graceland Cemetery. A lot of these places have photo ceramics, which are porcelain...
We’ve covered teeny tiny book collections, outdoor parks full of mini buildings, the dedicated work of one Siberian artist and even the world’s smallest museum (yes, it’s the size of a closet…now go clean yours to make room for a new exhibit I’m putting together). But what about an art...
