Silver Screen -- Robin Hood

Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott team up yet again on the latest retelling of the Robin Hood legend.  Haven't we seen this before?

Keep Your Eye On . . .

 . . . a few art world movers and shakers the Los Angeles Times thinks are worthy of note.

Refuges For the Weary

Churches are places of worship, to be sure.  But they're also havens with marvelous art.

Silver Screen -- Sherlock Holmes

Hollywood rolls  the dice on a couple of big-name stars in Guy Ritchie's reworking of Sherlock Holmes.  How good is it? 

Season's Greetings

Holiday art on display at the Smithsonian.

It's a Small World

A look at the work of miniaturist Ian Kiaer.

R.I.P.

The death of Craigie Aitchison.

'Scuse Me While I Shoot This Guy

Gered Mankowitz explains how he got his iconic shot of Jimi.

Hottest of the Hot

The Los Angeles Times picks the best museum exhibits of the year.

Out of the Spotlight

What were the decade's most-deserving films that didn't get the respect they were due?  Here's one list from the Guardian.

Best of the Best

A year-end list of architectural highlights from the Los Angeles Times.

One Moment, One Shot

Willie Christie's famous snap of Mick.  How he got it.

Too Much of a Good Thing?

No season brings out the baroque quite like Christmas.  Does it warm your heart or wear on you?

Silver Screen -- Best of the Decade

What films would you rate as the finest in the new millennium?  Here's one take.

Silver Screen -- Crazy Heart

A small film that's getting big critical attention -- Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges.

Bleak Beauty

Mark Lynas says viewing The Road is a shattering experience, and all of us should experience it.

Indelible Images

A new and compelling exhibition of Miroslaw Balka's work has opened in Britain. 

We Don't Get No Respect

Federal grants to a group of arts bloggers.

Bubble Up

There are plans afoot to add a bubble to Washington's Hirshhorn Museum.

On a Bender

Some people get three sheets to the wind and end up with a tattoo.  Hugh Grant says he wound up with a Warhol.  Lucky for him.

O Holy Night

The Nativity -- updated by some leading contemporary artists.

Fever Pitch

There's been intense interest over the years in the work of Gabriel Orozco.  Now -- there's a retrospective of his art at MoMA.

Dark Arts

A new exhibition of Miroslaw Balka's work has been mounted at the Tate Modern.  It's not designed to be 'comfort food,' and it's not.

Serious Money

It's called the Future Generation Prize, and two of the artworld's superstars are among the promoters.

New Art

St. Betty
Pencil
December 2009

New Art

Sea Mouse
Pencil
December 2009

New Art

Haiku
Pencil
November 2009

First Pick

The Obamas have put a very different artistic stamp on the White House -- and Glenn Ligon is among the select few to have his work chosen.

Silver Screen -- Invictus

A. O. Scott's take on Invictus, the latest work from Clint Eastwood.

A Dylan Christmas

A very creative video -- with fine artwork -- as Mr. Zimmerman sings Little Drummer Boy.

Silver Screen -- The Elephant Man

A fresh look at David Lynch's tale of Joseph Merrick.

Eros

Sex in ancient Athens.  A new exhibit examines how the mores of the times were expressed in Greek art.

Jib-Jab

William Powhida's satirical look at the contemporary art world.

Silver Screen -- The Decade's Best

Do you agree with this list in The Guardian?

Money, Money, Money

Two masterworks fetch the big bucks in London.

David Is Goliath

David Hockney.  Enough said.

The Power of Flower

A look at Laurel Lukaszewski's latest exhibition.

The Best of the Best

What are the ten best buildings built during this decade?

Here's one list.

Wright Stuff

Richard Wright is this year's winner of the Turner Prize.

A Golden Sale

Unexpected though it was, Christie's managed a $30 million sale of Modern and Impressionist art.

Turner Prize

Who's on the short list?  And who should win?  See it here, first.

Post-Millenium Art

What's moved and shaken the art world since the beginning of the century?  Adrian Searle takes a look.

Art As Utility

London's Serpentine Gallery features an exhibition of the real.

The Art Dish

What's making the art world's tongues wag in London?

The Merit of Mehretu

A new exhibition of Julie Mehretu's works at the Deutsche Guggenheim.

The Real Deal?

An art world uproar over whether they're authenticate Warhols.

Living Color

The splendid photographic work of Inge Morath.

Shadow Play

What secrets to works of contemporary art contain?  Look closely.

Oldies But Goodies

In a recessionary art market, New York galleries fall back on the familiar.

Child's Play

Images of children created by masters Velazquez and Sargent on display together in Boston.

Change the World

Art in the age of global warming.

One Click Away

Nick Hedges on how he got that one, best shot.

Makeover

Peter Zumthor gets the call in Los Angeles as a plan to revitalize the county's museum of art gets new life.

Target: Architecture

How should architecture be viewed in the post-9/11 world?  Should its creations become targets in the so-called 'war on terror,' symbols to be feared?

Mystery Man

The painting's by Velazquez, alright -- but who's the subject?  The Metropolitan Museum's art sleuths are on the case.

The Peanut Gallery

Making museums more family-friendly.  How's that working out?

Mother Earth

Artists weigh in with work that highlights the perils of climate change.

Him Not Me

Richard Linklater talks about his new flick, Me and Orson Welles -- and why he's not like the boy genius.