Gentle Snark
"Inspiring Impressionism" places the works of Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir, Cezanne and the like in a historical and artistic context that gives you a real sense of what the artists had hoped to accomplish. It's wonderful to look at, and thanks to a new cell phone audio tour, it's a joy to listen to as well.
By Geoff Carter | June 19, 2008
Gentle Snark
There's this funny thing about empires: They fall. In less than a week, Seattle Art Museum's display of Roman art from the Louvre Museum will close, and all those amazing statues, busts, columns, mosaics, frescoes and decorative objects -- nearly 200 pieces in all -- will be packed up and moved to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. It's strange, this inexplicable attraction Oklahoma seems to have for the things Seattle holds dear.
By Geoff Carter | May 5, 2008
Gentle Snark
I'm not a professional art critic. (I'm barely a professional writer.) My account of the press preview for Seattle Art Museum's extensive show of ancient Roman art -- courtesy of the Louvre, where the Romans live when their display space isn't being renovated -- isn't going to be as knowledgeable or incisive as that of The Stranger's Jen Graves, who scribbled out copious notes, asked thoughtful questions and seemed generally familiar with what she was seeing.
By Geoff Carter | February 20, 2008
