On Vivian Maier - Laura Hutson (Thu 16 Jul 2015)

Staircase (Blue) - Courtauld Gallery / Somerset House / London (Mon 15 Sep 2014)

Laura Hutson on Vivian Maier:

Vivian Maier is a perfect storm of populism [..] Maier is firmly nestled in the greater canon of modern photography already. It only took a lifetime of hiding her work and a chance discovery to get there

via Self-portraits and street photographs by Vivian Maier are brilliant and haunting by Laura Hutson.

On Art - Chantel Tattoli / Architectural Digest (Tue 06 May 2014)

Joanne and Bar du Follie (*) - Courtauld Gallery / Somerset House / London (Mon 15 Sep 2014)
Chantel Tattoli (*) writes on Art (*):

art is more than a studied eyeful. It can offer helpful instruction about day-to-day living—at times consoling, redeeming, guiding, and inspiring viewers.

via Alain de Botton's Guide to the Works in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum (*) by Chantel Tattoli (*).

Interpreting Art - William Todd Schultz (Sat 20 Sep 2014)

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (*) - Courtauld Gallery / London (Mon 15 Sep 2014)
William Todd Schultz (*) writes on Art (*):

what keeps art alive is exactly interpretation—talking about it, speculating about it.

via More About the 'Torture' Post (*) by Michael Johnston (*).