Mmmmm......Rothko Toast!

The latest tasty available at SFMOMA’s café on Third Street, in San FranciscoMark Rothko, No. 14, 1960, 1960; painting; oil on canvas, 114 1/2 in. x 105 5/8 in. (290.83 cm x 268.29 cm); Collection SFMOMA, Helen Crocker Russell Fund purchase; © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkRussian born Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was--and remains--one of the most famous postmodern American artists. His works introduced contemplative introspection into the post-World War II Abstract Expressionist school. Using color as the sole means of expression led to the development of Color Field painting. And Now...“Behold: Rothko toast, the latest artsy menu item SFMOMA's café on Third Street. Like the work that inspired it ("No. 14, 1960") the toast features two tones of color (apricot butter and wild blueberry jam).

How Margaret Thatcher Made Uk Museums Into World Leaders

Photograph of Margaret ThatcherHans Haacke’s Taking Stock (unfinished), 1983-84, was recently show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Photo: Collection of Gilbert and Lila Silverman, DetroitThe Iron Lady was generally disliked by British academia, as well as by the artistic community, in part because of cuts in funding of the arts that she implemented. However, “...in her belief that public institutions should give value for money and be accountable, but also masters of their own fate, she was indirectly responsible for reforms to Britain’s national museums that helped make them the flexible and creative places they are today.”

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Art History’s Steamiest Romances

Frida Kahlo & Diego RiveraArtspace has compiled an interesting list of some of the most famous relationships in art history. Check out the article to learn more about some of the most famous muses of art--as well as some of the most mythologized romantic legends of all time. And...enjoy the gossip!

Six Artists to Watch in 2013

Jesper Just, Artist“This untitled photograph of a mysterious merry-go-round aglow in the midst of pitch blackness is representative of Jesper Just's filmic oeuvre that often cultivates a dreamlike atmosphere in which the viewer is given few clues in order to decipher the film's events. The photo is a still from Just's Performa 05 Commission, entitled True Love Is Yet to Come, presented as the opening night of the first Performa biennial in 2005.”

Danish artist Jesper Just is but one of a group of artists who are “about to go stratospheric this year, with prominent exhibitions or other star turns poised to make them household names (in the art world, at least).”

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Duggie Fields - “A Maximalist”

Duggie Fields - Self-Portrait (click photo for larger image)Duggied Fields - First Family - Paintings (click photo for larger image)Multi-talented artist British artist Duggie Fields was born in Tidworth, England, in 1945. He spent his youth in the English countryside with his family, then briefly studied architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic.

In 1964, Duggie studied at the Chelsea School of Art for four years, before leaving, in 1968, on a scholarship that brought him to the USA.

Duggie’s work certainly is well placed in the realm of Pop Art, alongside such masters as Andy Warhol and Roy Lictenstein, although Duggie’s art is sometimes referred to as “post pop”. His work embodies an enormous range of iconographical and thematic influences, ranging from the traditional to kitsch. Everything intersects beautifully in his work--which Duggie refers to as “maximalist”.

Take a magical journey through this fascinating artist’s wonders on his website. Duggie Fields lives and work in London. His art is featured in a variety of contexts and venues internationally.