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Gliblets: May 7-13
May 7, 1697 On this date the Castle Tre Kronor, housing the Swedish Royal Library burned to the ground, almost taking the Codex Gigas (The Devil’s…
May 7, 2023
April 2023
Gliblets: Apr 30-May 6
April 30, 1895 The first Venice Biennale opened this date in, obviously, Venice. This international contemporary art exhibit, initially conceived as an…
Apr 30, 2023
Gliblets: Apr 23-29
April 23, 1932 EB White creates his first and only New Yorker cover allegedly with his son’s watercolor set. Given that his son was, at most, 1 year 3…
Apr 24, 2023
Gliblets: Apr 16-22
April 16, 1828 Francisco Goya died this date, aged 82, in Bordeaux, France. He did just a whole lot of different stuff, although he’s probably best…
Apr 16, 2023
Gliblets: Apr 13-15
Here’s the rest of the week… April 13, 1976 Paul Strand; 1890–1976 retrospective of the photographer opens at the MoMA. Strand was the first truly…
Apr 13, 2023
Gliblets: Apr 9-12
Life still complicated. Will get Apr 13-15 out on the morning of the 13th, though. April 9, 1925 Ernst Neizvestny, the angriest sculptor in the world…
Apr 9, 2023
Gliblets: Apr 2-8
Late. Sorry. Nobody’s paying for this thing yet though, so when things get busy, this if the sched. that suffers. April 2, 1983 Chinese painter and…
Apr 7, 2023
March 2023
Gliblets: Mar 26-Apr 1
Mar 26, 2013 Picasso’s painting Le Rêve (The Dream) was sold this date for $155M by Steve Wynn (casino guy) to Stephen Cohen (hedge fund guy.) This…
Mar 26, 2023
Gliblets: Mar 19-25
Mar 19, 1997 Willem de Kooning died this date aged 92, in East Hampton, NY. de Kooning was an Abstract Expressionist, in the same school as Jackson…
Mar 19, 2023
Gliblets: Mar 12-18
Mar 12, 1930 Weber, Klee, Lehmbruck, Maillol opened at the MoMA. This was only the 4th exhibition ever for the museum, and featured two painters (Weber…
Mar 12, 2023
Gliblets: Mar 5-11
March 5, 1970 Japanese painter Shima Seien dies at around age 78. Initially self-taught, she later studied painting formally. She is associated with…
Mar 5, 2023
February 2023
Free Gliblets, March 2023
Mar 4, 1886 Margrethe Mather, née Emma Caroline Youngreen born this date, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She moved west and met Edward Weston. They…
Feb 28, 2023
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