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Very interesting, especially to those of us who have partaken in wassail festivities Among the highlights of the first day of Woolley & Wallis’ Furniture and Works of Art sale on July 6-7 was this wassail bowl and cover. A textbook Charles II example made in lignum vitae c.1660-70, it came for sale from theContinue reading “Auction Highlight – Charles II wassail bowl”

I recently stopped by the Emerging Art Scene Gallery in Castleberry Hill. Gallery owner Denise Leitch Jackson represents the artist Julie Ross, and here some of her newest paintings adorned the wall. Struck with surprise and wonder at the large pieces depicting artful terrains and whimsical semblance, I took a deeper look into her work. In aContinue reading “Underwater With Julie Ross (Archives) – Feb 01, 2011”

Philip Morsberger at MOCA GA (Nov, 19 2010) – Chadwick Hagan

This is one of the best values for dollars I have seen in the NFT collection marketplace since it’s popularity began. – HA Looking to recoup losses resulting from the pandemic, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence is offering its most famous artworks for sale as NFTs. The first encrypted work available, Michelangelo’s painting Doni TondoContinue reading “Uffizi Sells Michelangelo Masterpieces as NFTs”

Likely an anglo-saxon creation… The U.K.’s largest chalk hill figure was also likely an Anglo Saxon creation, according to new research. Archaeologists have made remarkable new discoveries about the mysterious Cerne Abbas Giant, the U.K.’s largest chalk hill figure. Perhaps most notably, they have determined that the 180-foot-tall naked man may have originally been wearing pants.Continue reading “The Cerne Abbas Giant – Anglo-Saxon Tribes Afterall?”

“I had access to what felt like a secret world. It was a subject that had been written about and dramatized but I don’t think any photographers had ever tackled before. There was a change going on. Someone described it as a ‘last hurrah’ of the upper classes.” – Dafydd Jones “It was Thatcher’s Britain,Continue reading “Oxford: The Last Hurrah”

The Guardian: A millennium-old tax scam has been revealed with the discovery of thousands of coins in a muddy field that together make up the largest hoard to be unearthed from the immediate post-Norman conquest period. The British Museum announced the discovery of the coins from a pivotal moment in English history on Wednesday. SomeContinue reading “Norman coins reveal medieval tax scam”

The full list of artists is as follows: Of Care and DestructionCurated by Dr. Jordan Amirkhani Davion AlstonBorn Landstuhl, GermanyLives Atlanta, GA Lillian BladesBorn Nassau, BahamasLives Lexington, KY William DownsBorn Greenville, SCLives Atlanta, GA Shanequa GayBorn Atlanta, GALives College Park, GA Myra GreeneBorn New York, NYLives Atlanta, GA Jesse Pratt LópezBorn Cali, ColumbiaLives Atlanta, GA Courtney McClellanBorn Greensboro, NCLives Atlanta, GA Michi MekoBorn Florence,Continue reading “Atlanta Contemporary announces the Artists Selected for the 2021 Atlanta Biennial”