Slog - Comments on Currently Hanging http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139 J.M.W. Turner's The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 (1835), oil on canvas, 36 1/4 by 48 1/2 inches At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York through Sept. 21. (I wish I had a trip planned. Instead, I'll have to rely on the spectacularly overwrought Simon Schama episode.)... Copyright 2008 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:33:38 -0800 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:10:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball It would not surprise me in the least to learn that heaven looks exactly the same as standing in the Clore galleries, at Tate Britain, amongst the late-period Turners. One of the greatest artists ever to have lived.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058309 Visual Art Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:48:03 -0800 Comment by Levislade Agreed, JTC! I heart JMWT.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058317 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058317 Visual Art Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:52:18 -0800 Comment by homage to me Timeless. Just a great painting.

]]> homage to me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058320 Visual Art Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:52:49 -0800 Comment by Gloria Yay! An awesome exhibit was put together here a few years ago, focused on industrial-urban landscapes by Whistler, Turner, and Monet. Gorgeous.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058362 Visual Art Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:22:38 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I like the ones with train smoke in them better, but this is nice.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058410 Visual Art Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:20:04 -0800 Comment by Levislade @Fnarf - I have a framed print of Rain, Steam and Speed on my wall that I bought at the National Gallery. So, yeah, agreed.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058414 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058414 Visual Art Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:24:46 -0800 Comment by max solomon In the little-known Taft Museum in Cincinnati is a JMW Turner, Europa & the Bull, that consists of little but orange steam. It is what keeps me sane when I go back to visit my family.

http://preview.theartsnetwork.net/turner_edu/images/06m.jpg

I feel like it's MY Turner.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058626 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058626 Visual Art Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:14:28 -0800 Comment by dallasgirl I saw the exhibit in Dallas in May. If you can get there it is well worth the trip. It is overwhelming.

]]> dallasgirl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058846 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/currently_hanging_139#c1058846 Visual Art Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:10:52 -0800