Artomatic - The 8th Floor
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by Lenny
1w ago
Yesterday I reported for duty at ARTOMATIC, which had been given permission by the City Kommissars to re-open at 6PM. Lots of hard-working people behind the scenes deserve a great THANK YOU! Cute lady named Kira was on duty greeting all the voluntolds for the 3:30 - 8:30PM Friday shift: Maria, Laila, Martinez, Laurel, Danielle and many others. I lucked out and got floor walker/docent duties on the 8th floor with the nice lady Laila, whom I soon bored with my tales of how nice my cousin's wife Fariba is... The 8th floor at Artomatic is magical becuse it is wide open, so people can flow from art ..read more
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Artomatic on temporary hold!
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by Lenny
1w ago
Michael Janis knows why! Artomatic, the renowned art show that just opened in the Nation's Capital boasting a kaleidoscope of creativity, abruptly shuttered its doors, leaving attendees puzzled and artists outraged. But what if there was more to this closure than met the eye? Rumor has it that hidden within the vibrant tapestry of Artomatic lies a secret society known as the Chromatic Illuminati. This clandestine group believes that colors hold immense power over human perception and emotion, capable of influencing society on a grand scale. As artists gathered to showcase their works, the Chr ..read more
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Opportunities for Artists: 37th Annual Northern National Art Competition
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by Lenny
2w ago
The deadline is this Friday for the 37th Annual Northern National Art Competition in Nicolet College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin! It has my highest possible recommendation for a juried Art Competition! Details  here. More than $8,500 in prize money will be awarded, including three $1,000 Awards of Excellence ..read more
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Another recommendation for Artomatic
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by Lenny
2w ago
Patricia de Poel Wilberg not only has one of my fave artists' names on the the planet, but the lady is another of the great glass masters of the DMV, which seems to be one the planetarian epicenters for unique takes on creating art with glass. She's in room 5006 at Artomatic on the 5th floor, and her unique visual take on the subject matter, which she then presents using glass as a substrate is unique and refreshing, and like me, clearly the lady loves to tell nuanced stories. La Licorne by Patricia de Poel Wilberg at room 5006 in Artomatic 2024 See how the horn extends past the bord ..read more
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Sold at ARTOMATIC on opening night! Guy sees it, t...
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by Lenny
2w ago
Sold at ARTOMATIC on opening night! Guy sees it, texts it to his cousin in Miami, Florida, cousin calls me, we close the deal and now will head to Miami as soon as AOM closes! Done in 1977 and sold almost 50 years later! ISLA BALSERA from the Cuba Series - 1977 by Florencio Lennox Campello ..read more
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Artomatic - Opening Night
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by Lenny
2w ago
Attended AOM's opening night last night - I arrived a bit early in order to walk the 5th floor and begin the process of awarding my usual Artomatic awards and eventually pick my top 10 AOM artists. The 2100 M Street, NW building is a HUGE Brutalist maze - just the 5th floor took me over two hours and towards the end I was rushing in order to be back in my room in time for the evening crowds to arrive. In my opinion, the amount of visitors was steady and decent for a Friday night opening, but based on the 5th floor alone, a little less than my usual recollection from previous (and much smalle ..read more
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Best Frida Kahlo deal at Artomatic
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by Lenny
2w ago
Best Frida Kahlo (2D) in a floor with lots of Frida Kahlos will be a really tough category when I explore all floors and give the final award in a few days On just the 5th floor there are a LOT of art pieces about the Fridanator, including a really good one from a Lebanese artist.   But what really stood out to me was this work by fellow Cuban-American artist Ric Garcia.  And at $75 Samolians, this is clearly one of the best - if not the best! - deal at Artomatic! Buy them now! Young & Frida V by Ric Garcia in room  5033 ..read more
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New Documentary on Artists’ Artist Jacob Kainen
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by Lenny
2w ago
New Documentary on Artists’ Artist Jacob Kainen Slated for Spring Production, Fall Release! Award-Winning Director Mark Covino tagged to helm film spotlighting one of America’s most influential, underlooked 20th century Modernists. The Jacob Kainen Art Trust has enlisted the award-winning director Mark Covino (A Band Called Death, The Crest), and producer Jon Gann (Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color, Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection) to create a short documentary exploring the life and art of Jacob Kainen (1909-2001), one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.  “Jacob ..read more
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Quentin Tarantino: A Graphic Biography
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by Lenny
3w ago
I'm going to admit from the very start that I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino's films, and as such in reviewing this new graphic book/bio I bring to the review a somewhat deep insight into this master's contribution to world cinema. Quentin Tarantino: A Graphic Biography is without a doubt a really good primer for those who are novices to the Tarantinean Empire as well as those, who like me, cannot resist watching Pulp Fiction for the 20th time when we come across it the tube while channel surfing. The graphic bio spends time discussing QT's youth, including the part played in his upbring ..read more
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Why do art critics hate Artomatic?
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by Lenny
3w ago
Artomatic, as I once noted on the Kojo Nmandi show, is the visual arts extravaganza that everyone loves, but art critics hate. Why do they hate AOM? In 2009 I explained it thus, referencing the 2009 AOM version: Criticism, Journalism ethics and AOM I've been reviewing art shows since the beginning of the 80s decade during the last century, when I started doing so as an art student at the University of Washington School of Art. Since then I have moved at least 25 times, lived twice in California, twice in Rhode Island, twice in Europe and twice in the Greater Washington, DC area, to highlight ..read more
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