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Good-bye 2025

David Palumbo

It is my randomly assigned honor to close out this calendar year for Muddy Colors and I would like to look back on some works which caught my eye in 2025.  This is not a "years best" or in any way claiming to be a complete survey of the field.  These are merely a selection of pieces that were made or released this year, so far as I can tell, which I felt deserve a…

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Photographing Artwork in Museums

Howard Lyon

October 17, 2025 - by Howard Lyon   detail from The Oreads by William Bouguereau I just returned from France. Had a wonderful time with the whole family and saw some amazing sights. At the top of my list was the Musée d'Orsay. It has risen to the top of my list of favorite museums. Photos of paintings don't really come close to capturing the experience of seeing an original, but I do find them useful in my study and they are nice to have to remind me of notes or observations I made in person.  For instance, check out this little splash of vermillion on the back of one of the satyr's necks.  I missed it in person, but found it in the photo: Despite the limitations if you are going to take photos in a museum you might…

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