Learn about Art and the Art World

Art and Design 101 presents information and entertainment about art and the art world through blog posts.  Click on the links below to learn about:

• Art:  creativity, materials, techniques, terms, history
  • What is art?
  • Color
  • Perspective
  • Oil painting
  • Printmaking
• Artworks and architecture
  • Portraits
  • Outdoor artworks
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
  • Build That Wall! …of Art!
  • Mothers
  • Sports
  • The Olympics – Silver and Gold
  • The Winter Olympics
  • Art at the Olympics
  • Queen Elizabeth’s Art Collection
  • SoFi Stadium
• Artists and Architects
  • Banksy
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Christo & Jeanne-Claude
  • Chuck Close
  • Leonardo da Vinci and The Last Supper
  • Leonardo da Vinci and Savior of the World
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Mary Cassatt
  • Georgia O’Keeffe
  • Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico
  • Pablo Picasso and Guernica
  • Frank Lloyd Wright
• How the Art World Works:  museums, fairs, collectors, galleries, dealers, critics
  • How art museums were started by royalty
  • How art museums started in America
  • How to visit an art museum
  • Art Basel Miami Beach – Get ready!
  • Art Basel Miami Beach – Plan your days
  • Eli Broad
• Buying Art: art fairs, auctions, investing
  • Investing in art
  • Avoiding Taxes
• Stories:  from botched restorations to Picasso charged with stealing the Mona Lisa
  • When people hurt art
  • When art hurts people
• Trends: what’s new in art and the art world
• News:  inside the art stories that make headlines