Monday, 5/2/11

 flicks
an occasional series

Joan Blondell & Etta Moten, “Remember My Forgotten Man”
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

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lagniappe

art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago

George Inness (American, 1825-1894), The Home of the Heron, 1893

This image, alas, conceals as much as it reveals. It barely hints at the spell this painting casts when you’re standing in front of it. Great paintings defy reproduction. Go. Look.