'The Nature of Women,' Detroit's Art Crisis, Suburban Street Art And More!

July 24, 2013 Subscribe · Forward How Women Paved The Way For Abstraction Eighty eight years ago, the work of six legendary abstract artists -- Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger and Juan Gris, with Auguste Herbin, Raoul Dufy, and Jean Metzinger -- went on view at London's Mayor Gallery. The historic exhibit marked the opening of Fred Mayor's legendary art haven, and, it being the 1920s, a time of substantial male domination in the fields of painting and sculpture. Nearly a century later, Mayor Gallery is closing its doors on Cork Street with a fitting homage to its origins: a show, titled "The Nature of Women," dedicated to six female abstract artists who've blown the doors of the abstract art world wide open since. Agnes Martin, the grandmother of color banding, leads the pack, along with fellow geometrically-inclined painters Anne Appleby, Marischa Burckhardt, Lisa Corinne Davis, Sylvia Heider, and Aurelie Nemours.  Continue reading... How To Save Detroit's Finest Museum This Is What We Call Suburban Street Art Paying Tribute To A Graffiti Holy Place LOOK: A Dark Take On Disney LOOK: We All Used To Be Awkward ... Once WATCH: Photoshop Genius Brings Vintage Photo Back To Life LOOK: A Dark Take On Disney A Thrilling Aerial View Of One Of The World's Most Luxurious Cities LOOK: A Dark Take On Disney LOOK: We All Used To Be Awkward ... Once LOOK: Incredible Drawings Created With A Pen EMILY ELYSE MILLER elBulli: Ferran Adrià and The Art of Food An epicurean haven has just arrived to London's Somerset House, where a vast array of elBulli-everything is on display for all to see. Continue reading... MARIO LIVIO The 'Hubble Cantata' The shapes in the sand and the constellations in the sky become one, mirroring the tortuous path of human life in the dramatic Hubble images of outbursts that simultaneously mark stellar deaths and the promise for a new generation of stars, planets, and life. Continue reading... LEONARD SLATKIN Weather or Not? The big story in music this past week had more to do with the playing conditions as opposed to the music itself. Continue reading... GEORGE HEYMONT Well, Well, Hello, Dolly! Do girls weave totally different fantasy lives than boys while playing with dolls? Do lesbians create totally different fantasy worlds than straight women when playing with dolls? The answer to these questions become apparent while watching The Altered Lives of LaVonne Salleé. Continue reading... BILL BUSH Moses Transposes Euphoniously: This Artweek.LA (July 22, 2013)  Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003