Drawings & Prints at the MIA

I'll be packing over the next couple of weeks. I'm just moving from one space to another within the upstate New York college town where I have lived for the most of the past twelve years. So, nothing very dramatic but it will still be a lot of work and not all that much fun.

To keep myself a bit of company during that time and, I hope, also for the viewing pleasure of others, I'd like to take another look at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts site, especially its Drawings and Prints department.

There's just something about this site that I love. The first thing to notice is that you can browse around in several quite nifty ways:

At random (one work at a time);

By artist (57 artists); and

By medium (17 media).

Each of these has its advantages.

The random work feature is a bit slow but has introduced me to some awesome works that I would otherwise never have come upon. Tip: after you've seen one work at random, hit the "Random Artwork" button on the right side of the page, and and another work will be delivered to you. You can keep doing that for as long as you want!

The artist feature is really fun. I might try exploring it a bit in a future post.

My personal favorite is the medium feature. I hope to delve into both drawings and prints over the next few days.

Comments

[Eri]

I hadn't been to visit and as always, I'm delighted.
You always have such good information and it does my heart good to read you.

[Keara]

Eri, I feel the same about your generous comments - I'm delighted and they do my heart good. Thank you so much.