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25. Yessir! Exactly!

Reply to Benton D Struckcheon (Reply #23)

Fri Oct 11, 2013, 06:20 PM

Oct 2013

It was a front page story in the NY Times a while back, not even the Art Section. I am a fan of Calatrava and hope to get to Valencia to see the City of Arts and Sciences, because I think it is important, but I am disappointed to learn of this occurrence. It is too bad, really, for the city of Valencia who actually wanted Calatrava to do for Valencia what Gehry did for Bilbao. I have been to Bilbao and it is amazing. I would hope that Valencia would be just as amazing...but I wonder...

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Welcome to the Friday Afternoon Challenge! Today, �Did you say something?� [View all] CTyankee Oct 2013 OP

First kick, second rec. nt longship Oct 2013 #1

Hi there! Any guesses? CTyankee Oct 2013 #2

I think #6 is clearly Gauguin. longship Oct 2013 #3

Well,you got #3 right! But the others...not so much... CTyankee Oct 2013 #6

Unfortunately, my iPhone wont let me copy/paste the text for input to Babelfish. longship Oct 2013 #11

Oh, sorry. I didn't know about that... CTyankee Oct 2013 #13

#3: Van Gogh - The Road Menders pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #4

Yup. How did you do this research? Impressive! CTyankee Oct 2013 #5

I'd seen an AP story on the exhibit in the news pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #7

Ha, now you are thinking like I do! It means are doing more research on art these days! CTyankee Oct 2013 #8

Dammit 39er, give somebody else a chance, lol jberryhill Oct 2013 #37

hey buddy, you had your chance...no whining.. CTyankee Oct 2013 #59

Next time I cut your ear off jberryhill Oct 2013 #60

Caravaggio...you never know when he'll pop up. Keep trying' buddy... CTyankee Oct 2013 #62

Forget it, Jake; it's CTyankee's Friday Challenge pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #65

Make that both ears, the hard way jberryhill Oct 2013 #88

You must be excited that there finally is a Dutch guy. BainsBane Oct 2013 #73

He's very prolific! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #74

No, the OTHER Dutch boy jberryhill Oct 2013 #89

6 looks like a Matisse IcyPeas Oct 2013 #9

Oh, you can do google translate easily...and get the clue. You are getting there with #6... CTyankee Oct 2013 #10

ah, "this is my house" IcyPeas Oct 2013 #14

Shoot! I guessed Gauguin, but as soon as I read your response I saw it. longship Oct 2013 #12

1. looks like Santiago Calatrava BainsBane Oct 2013 #15

Oh, yes on #1! but what is the meaning of what is said? CTyankee Oct 2013 #19

Oh BainsBane Oct 2013 #24

I'm sorry. I was a little too funny...see above on Calatrava which is #1 CTyankee Oct 2013 #32

I'm not sure what you're asking BainsBane Oct 2013 #34

number 2 BainsBane Oct 2013 #27

Absolutely right. Why is the painting saying this? CTyankee Oct 2013 #36

Maybe recalling when Gaugin was in Tahiti? BainsBane Oct 2013 #40

Interesting idea. don't know, really...but these are really important... CTyankee Oct 2013 #63

Are the statues part of the question? Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #41

yes. The sculpture is definitely part of this exhibition. How could they not be? CTyankee Oct 2013 #64

I know what the exhibition is pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #68

a reference to "and here we are all together again." Reference to their previous "life." CTyankee Oct 2013 #85

Definitely that Italian guy jberryhill Oct 2013 #38

Think I found #1 Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #16

But the question is: what is Calatrava talking about? Why did his architecture "say" this? CTyankee Oct 2013 #17

So far I see it's being criticized as a boondoggle, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #18

What does the clue say to you? CTyankee Oct 2013 #20

"Help! My skin sags!" longship Oct 2013 #30

I wouldn't be that generous about it. longship Oct 2013 #22

Calatrava�s showcase Ciudad de las Artes appears to be aging rapidly Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #23

Yessir! Exactly! CTyankee Oct 2013 #25

Made me look up Gehry and Bilbao Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #26

My evil plot succeeds! More DUers looking up art! CTyankee Oct 2013 #33

BTW, based on what I read in that story, I wouldn't be a fan of Calatrava. Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #28

Calatrava's mosaic of tiles "skin" was to recognize another Spanish architect pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #29

Also, one last thing, re the Spanish, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #92

I thought it might be the infinitive but since I don't know CTyankee Oct 2013 #93

the texture on the white exterior BainsBane Oct 2013 #31

It's a matter of aging on this project that Calatrava designed. His critics have honed in on CTyankee Oct 2013 #35

No answers. No guesses. They're all lovely, especially #6. blogslut Oct 2013 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Oct 2013 #39

3. BainsBane Oct 2013 #42

I was referring to the "best" of the two he painted on the same scene...a little joke... CTyankee Oct 2013 #76

I have number 5, Leger the Village BainsBane Oct 2013 #43

And damn! I was on the NYT article about the billion dollar cubism donation. longship Oct 2013 #45

the info is actually in the article itself BainsBane Oct 2013 #46

Me, too. But verifying this painting depends on see it. longship Oct 2013 #47

On Fridays at 5pm Eastern, an iPhone just won't do pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #50

Sorry, here in the Manistee National Forest, that's all we have. longship Oct 2013 #51

You're doing great despite those limitations pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #56

Thankfully DU has good software behind it. longship Oct 2013 #57

Of course, but where are they? CTyankee Oct 2013 #66

at the Metropolitan Museum of Art BainsBane Oct 2013 #71

Ouch! that hurts...I'm sorry... CTyankee Oct 2013 #61

You go it exactly right! It was all about that purchase by Lauder and his subsequent gift to the CTyankee Oct 2013 #86

Oh, you are so RIGHT! How wonderful of you! Congrats! CTyankee Oct 2013 #53

4. is at the Boston Museum of Art BainsBane Oct 2013 #44

#4: Piero della Francesca - Senigallia Madonna pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #48

She didn't post the whole picture BainsBane Oct 2013 #49

To be fair to CTyankee... pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #52

that and the fact the baby looks like an old man BainsBane Oct 2013 #69

and my reference is to Boston's clam chowder...sorry,I am being culturally east coast indifferent... CTyankee Oct 2013 #78

The famous 'Chowdah Madonna,' lol! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #79

Great! CTyankee Oct 2013 #81

I apologize. My mistake. I shoulda posted the entire thing. CTyankee Oct 2013 #55

It would make it easier BainsBane Oct 2013 #67

You are so right. My aim is to make MORE accessible, not less. This is a masterpiece of early CTyankee Oct 2013 #70

I started my art hunt with the early Italian Renaissance, thinking it would be a piece of cake... CTyankee Oct 2013 #82

shoulda done that. My bad...will do in the future... CTyankee Oct 2013 #58

It is not an acquisition as much as it is a coup! They got themselves a really nice piece for CTyankee Oct 2013 #54

Still need #2 and #6. longship Oct 2013 #72

A bit of info on #2. CTyankee Oct 2013 #75

#2: Matisse - Bathers by a River pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #77

A wonderful coup by the Kimball, which is a fabulous museum in Fort Worth, Tx. CTyankee Oct 2013 #80

I stumbled onto the NY Historical Society centennial exhibit first pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #83

It absolutely is! CTyankee Oct 2013 #84

I can't thank you enough for introducing me to art and art history pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #87

Thank you! CTyankee Oct 2013 #94

Longship, I am incredibly flattered that you stuck by this effort with just an iPhone! CTyankee Oct 2013 #91

We have #6 left to decipher... CTyankee Oct 2013 #90

So, #6 is The Window, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #95

yes, Benton, so sad. It is among the first pieces to be appraised by Christie's experts and would be CTyankee Oct 2013 #96

The Sack of Detroit. Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #97

This whole thing is godawful. The pitting of city employees pensions against the art collection CTyankee Oct 2013 #98

The story of Detroit ... Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #99

good point. I don't know what their incentive is to help save Detroit, tho. CTyankee Oct 2013 #100