“Mind in Vegas” is shifting gears!
Readership of general-interest Las Vegas blogs has led to a steady steam of art reviewing and other projects. In an effort to bring these art reviews to more readers, I'll be re-posting them here.Subscribe To Posts Via RSS
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Baude on James Turrell
Master of light and color, rod and cone, artist James Turrell may have been blinded a little by his own success. With major retrospectives running simultaneously in New York, LA and Houston, the man famous for turning light into an artistic medium also recently completed a monorail installation at the …more Baude on James Turrell
The Neon Glint In Monet’s Eye
The Bellagio's Impressionism exhibition provides insight into Las Vegas
Not far from a boisterous pack of blackjack tables, I contemplated Seacoast at Trouville (1881) by Claude Monet. What, I wondered, would the great French Impressionist paint if we could manipulate the laws of physics, snatch him from the 19th-century, and set him down on the Strip. Would Monet chronicle …more The Neon Glint In Monet’s Eye
The Magic Head Shot
A Groupon Special opens the door on Shane O'Neal
The front desk at Shane O’Neal Studios is vacant. No way the bell can be heard above all that giggling. I ring a couple of times anyway before setting off down the corridor into 8000 square feet of studio space. The Groupon headshot deal didn’t mention the pole-dancing cage with …more The Magic Head Shot
Chillax By The Pool
TropFest short film festival debuts in Vegas
It was my first time at a Las Vegas Strip pool, and I wasn’t there to swim. I was there for the movies. Reclining in my lounger, nibbling on my hummus, I took it all in: a young couple, holding hands, floating side-by-side on beige-canvas rafts, their eyes trained on …more Chillax By The Pool