Tag: 04.21.00

Pottery found in Eastern China dating back 4,800 years has inscriptions of Chinese characters. This predates by some 2000 years what were previously thought to the earliest Chinese characters found on bones and tortoise shells. – China Times

Well, actually, yes. A new show of art “consists primarily of drawings and paintings on paper gathered during the early decades of the 20th century from asylums in Germany, Switzerland and Austria by doctors at the psychiatric clinic of the University of Heidelberg.” – New York Times

The Detroit Institute of Arts has put up a flip chart next to a Barnett Newman painting. The pages attempt to walk viewers through the painting explaining it. “People aren’t born knowing how to look at a work of art,” says Nancy Jones, DIA education director. “It’s a skill. We need to help all people have a viable experience and that’s a fairly new approach. The old approach used to be ‘Here it is. Good luck.’ ” – Detroit Free Press

Art dealers are rushing to the web, and some are even claiming to be making money at it already. The Art Newspaper talks to art dealers about the experience so far. – The Art Newspaper