Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Link: http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/

Even if you have no interest in fashion, GO to the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met Museum, through August 7, 2011. This show completely transcends fashion, in terms of content (McQueen's designs are self portraits as much as clothing) and exhibition design (the sets and musical accompaniment are haunting). TIP: Go first thing in the morning to avoid the lines.

(I made this watercolor after seeing the show - a gown of red and black ostrich feathers and glass medical slides painted red.)

April
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Covers Illustrated by Kareem Iliya

Link: http://illustrationsavestheday.com/2011/04/kareem-iliya-f-scott-fitzger

Amazing watercolors by Kareem Iliya, who was commissioned by Random House to illustrate covers for three F. Scott Fitzgerald novels; Tender is the Night, The Beautiful and the Damned and The Great Gatsby.

March
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Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)

Link: http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/mkalman

One of my favorite illustrators! See her work at the Jewish Museum in NYC from March 11 through July 31, 2011.

February
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Modern Life: Edward Hopper & His Time

Link: http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/ModernLife

Saw this beautiful show with an artist friend last night at the Whitney (runs through April 10, 2011). After an hour or so of immersion in that amazing Hopper light, we stepped out of the museum and everything just looked like a Hopper Painting - lone figures in coffee shops, illuminated apartment windows, streetlights casting shadows on passers by. I just wanted to rush home and paint!

December
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The Conformist

Link: http://www.filmforum.org/films/conformist.html

An intensly moving film on many levels, Bertolucci's "The Conformist" is also one of the most visually stunning movies I've ever seen. This 1971 classic is in re-release right now at Film Forum in NYC as well as other theaters around the country.

December
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Inspired by....the Circus

Link: http://www.beverlybrown.com/home/circus-sketchbook/

A friend invited me to the Big Apple Circus last night, something I haven't done since I was a kid. I made a series of really quick (1-minute or so) sketches using the Brushes app for the iPhone. Nothing like getting out of your usual environment to get inspired! Mobile devices make sketching in public so easy & discreet. Everyone thinks you're checking your email.
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