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Current and Upcoming Exhibitions and other Events:
- Illnois State Museum - “On and Of Paper: Selections from the Illinois State Museum” (curated by Jennifer Jaskowiak, curator of art at the ISM Lockport Gallery), Springfield, IL; October 23, 2011 - April 20, 2012 (e.g., image 1)
- Chicago Printmakers' Collaborative (CPC) - “22th Annual Small Print Show and Holiday Open House”, Chicago, IL; November 18, 2011 - extended through February, 2012 (Facebook pages: image 1, from 2; see also 3)
- Illnois State Museum - “Figurism: Narrative and Fantastic Figurative Art from the Illinois State Museum Collection” (curated by Doug Stapleton, curator of art at the ISM Chicago, IL); Chicago, IL; January 30 - May 12, 2012; Reception: Friday, February 3, 2012, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (image 1)
- Chicago Cultural Center, Expo 72 Gallery - “Pulled, Pressed & Printed, Chicago” (curated by Nathan Mason, curator for special affairs, Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture), Chicago, IL; January 27 - April 30, 2012; Reception: Friday, March 2, 2012, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (the show coincides with Chicago's 175th birthday, Sunday, March 4, 2012)
- Etching Guild - “Titanic 100” (initiated by Nele Zirnite), Riga, Latvia; April 14 - May 9, 2012
- Chicago Chapter of Women's Caucus for Art and Avram Eisen Gallery - Talk on Guanlan Printmaking residency at Avram Eisen's Gallery, Chicago, IL; Wednesday April 4, 7:30 PM
- Oxalá Fine Art - Three-person exhibition with Esperanza Gama and Diana Solís; Chicago, IL; September 15 - mid October, 2012; Reception, Friday September 15, 2012
- Studio “Het Blauwe Hek” (Frouwien Soenveld) - Bernardstraat 10a, 6707 CM Wageningen, The Netherlands; provisionary planned: 2012
Representation:
- Morpho Gallery - Chicago, IL, also 1
- Avram Eisen Gallery - Chicago, IL, also 1 (several images), 2, and 3
- Chicago Printmakers' Collaborative - Chicago, IL
- Frame Warehouse - Evanston, IL
- Michael Greany Fine Art - Buchanan, MI
- Southern Illinois Artisan Center - Whittington, IL
Interviews and Blogs:
Available Books and Objects:
- Visions and Voices - 36 images, text: Bernd Lindemann, foreword: Audrey Niffenegger; invoco-verlag, Homburg, Germany, ISBN 978-938165-03-4: $29.97; in German & English , ISBN 978-3-938165-09-6, 2006, € 19.80
- Dragon Killer - illustrations for a text by Bernd Lindemann, invoco-verlag, Homburg, Germany, ISBN 978-3-938165-06-5, $12.77; in German, English & French with two additional illustrators, ISBN 978-3-938165-05-8, 2006, € 16.20
- Beyond Boundaries - a set of cards with images by 35 artists, Chicago Printmakers' Collaborative, 2006, $25 (see 1 for image)
- Pandora's Box - Columbia College Center for the Book and Paper Arts, see also 1, Chicago, IL, 2003, $1,200
- Art Scene Chicago, 2000 - Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston, IL, ISBN 0-9665871-7-0, 2000, $42.95
Websites
Featuring Bert's Artwork and Art Involvement:
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3 | Link 4 | Link 5 - Anatomically Correct
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3 | Link 4 - Artscope
- Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL - also: Link
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- Link 1 (also 1a) | Link 2 (also 2a) | Link 3 (also 3a) - Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4 | Link 5 | Link 6 (exercise 1) | Link 7 |Link 8 | Link 9 | Link 10 | Link 11 | Link 12 | Link 13 | Link 14a | Link 14b | Link 15a | Link 15b | Link 16 | Link 17 | Link 18 | Link 19 | Link 20 | Link 21 | Link 22 | Link 23 (p. 26 of PDF) | Link 24 |Link 25a | Link 25b | Link 26a | Link 26b | Link 27 - pages, here and there
- Earlier versions of this site
- China Guanlan Original Printmaking Base - Bert Menco's page; English translation (1 and 2, the latter background info)
- Saatchi Gallery
- myArtspace
- FineArtAmerica
- Culture Inside
- Exto
- absolutearts
- Columbus
Library
- Artworldchicago - Bert's page (also 1)
- “10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print”, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2011
- Red and Gold Gallery, Seattle, WA
- NY Arts Magazine
- Art by Place
- Artslant
- Framewarehouse
- Het Kunstgebeuren - “Voorjaarsexpositie 2008”; 2010: participant in “De Kunst Gebeurde: Onze Keus uit 5 Jaar” and “Olifant in Boa” (see also 1 and 2)
- Netherlands Institute of Art History - listing
- Printmakers site - Bert's page
- artzari (France)
- “Rendezvous Show by Seven Artists from Six Countries” - Colapasta Restaurant/Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (see also 1, 2, 3 4 and 5)
- “25th Sint-Niklaas 2011 Printmaking Biennial: Printmaking Unraveled; Topic:"Celebration"” - International Ex-Libris Center, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (see 1 for image)
- Atelierroute Groot Woerden
- “Spirituality and Healing Arts Exhibit” - Oxalá Fine Art and The Colibri Studio Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Evanston Art Center, “Kaleidoscope” - benefit art exhibition, see 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 (body)
- Ragdale Foundation
- “Animal Farm” - The Gallery Project Ann Arbor, MI (see also 1, 2 and 3)
- “Strong Water” - Galerija Antonija, Riga, Latvia
- Inspiration Café - benefit to feed homeless 2011 (also 1); 2010 (also 2); 2009 (also 3)
- Heartland Foundation - Art Against AIDS/Art of Human Rights benefits (also 1)
- Alexian Brothers - Art for Life AIDS benefit; go to Menco
- Gravatar logo
- Fractured Atlas - arts advocacy
- The Nation Magazine - second and third annual benefit on-line auction
- Evanston Public Library - benefit to keep branches open
- Big Shoulders Magazine - review Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL (Robert Kameczura)
- Koehnline Museum of Art - “Nuances of Printmaking
- ”Oculus Gallery - Chicago, IL
- Chicago Artist Archives
- Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art “Daydreams & Night Dreams”, Podcasts on the painting “Senses” and the etching “Extinct”
- Museum Rotterdam
- Ryerson & Burnham Libraries Art Institute of Chicago
- AJAC
- Autour de l'Art Juif - pages 175 & 176
- The Ties that Bind (also 1) - on-line article by Judith Joseph
- Gillock
Gallery
- Friedberg, Rubin & Associates Art Consulting
- Other Voices - covers issues 31 and 37
- ECRO Newsletter - cover number 74, spring 2006
- Art-Online
- Knikkernet
- Marpie
- The Art Center, Highland Park, IL - curated: “Devils & Beasts” (26 artists; review: artscope.org)
- Iraq
- Artists Respond - initiated this benefit
- Lowlands - Peter Thompson: film about Vermeer (see also 1)
Science, etc.:
The Netherlands:
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Favorite Artists and Galleries Additional to Those Listed in the Stephanie Hayden Interview :
- Heather Accurso - delicate surreal drawings
- Arnhem aan Zee - art(ist)s in and around Arnhem
- Artodyssey - a blog listing many interesting artists
- Corrado Balest - Venetian arcadian artist
- Saskia Barkmeijer - 3rd cousin's art (see: September)
- Susan Barron - visual poetry
- Martin Bernstein - amazing jewelry and gem-objects
- Bohemian art - exhaustive selection
- Gabriella Boros - bizarre fairy tales, see also 1
- Deborah Bryan - etchings of birds and more
- Cabinodd - interesting Dutch on-line gallery
- Mo Cahill - ceramics and buttons, etc.
- Ray Ceasar - digital paintings
- Kass Copeland - imaginative collages
- Jeanine Coupe-Ryding - a wonderful printmaker
- Greta Cune - Dutch, and beyond
- Susan Curry - very fine porcelain teapots, etc.
- Andrea Deszö - artist books, one of a kind, etc.
- David Driesbach - whimsical intaglio
- Emile Ferris - odd dreams
- Michael Ferris, Jr. - intricate drawings and sculptures
- Beatrice Fisher - playful and provocative
- Julie Foreman - photography: people, cities
- Bill Frederick - masterful drawings; see also 1
- Indira Freitas-Johnson - contemplative meditation
- Galerieart - fine contemporary Czech prints
- David Gista - haunted and inspirational
- Gallery Godot - an excellent Prague gallery
- Michael Goro - masterful etchings
- Andries Gouws - uncomfortable realism
- Peter Greenaway - artist and filmmaker
- Dan Grzeka - cool prints and printmaker links
- Susan Hall - dreams and dreaming
- Richard Halstead - Richard, the best for portraits
- Allison
Hill & Pablo Perea - modified selfs and friends
- Tom Huck - wood-and linocuts, rural US
- Yumiko Irei - refined intaglios, nature
- Preston Jackson - “historical” sculpture
- Karena Karras - surrealism, Mexican tradition
- William Kentridge - more: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
- Jissy Keuenhof - multifaceted sculptures
- Micka Klauck - mysterious totems
- Igor & Marina Kozlovsky - beautiful tales
- Juul Kraijer and AjiVN - dreams of selfs and alter-egos
- Beatriz Ledesma - surrealism, Argentinean
- Misha
Livshultz - and family: Chaim 1, rest family 2
- Guerrino Lovato - amazing masks, Venice
- James Lucero - topical paintings
- Amy Madden - Marcel, among others
- Danny Mansmith - very creative fiber art
- Craig McPherson - see especially his mezzotints
- Ann Meade - Neill Sanders' (2nd cousin) wife; also 1
- Ans Menco - Bert's mother and her art (page 9)
- Emma Menco - Bert's niece: winning photograph
- Ido Menco - Bert's brother's photography
- Joshua Menco - Bert's nephew, some of his films
- Barbara (paintings) and Ben Mittman (photographs) - 20th century icons and Paris, among others
- Jackie Moses - surreal houses and landscapes
- Anne Muller - suspended emotions
- Peter Olson - birds, birds, birds
- Otter Creek Arts - Pamela Callahan and Jonn Walté
- Teresa Pankratz - printed bookhouses, also 1
- Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels & Cubrda - Prague Gallery
- Karen Perl - Chicago painted in silence
- Sandra Perlow - abstracted biology and landscape
- Phantasmaphile - contemporary surrealism, mostly
- Marilyn Propp/David Jones - great artist couple
- Paula
Rego - surreal fantasies
- Jay Ryan - silkscreen master
- Lique Schoot - intimate self-portraits
- Mardy Sears - books and birds, birds and books
- Don Seiden - animal sculptures
- Diana Solís - inventive, playful
- Sue Sommers - Nature, foremost
- Eleanor Spiess-Ferris - amended Nature and more
- Michelle Stone - sculptural and sculptures
- Jan
Svankmajer - the ultimate surrealist
- Yoko Tanaka - lyrical
- Blair Thomas - a very inventive puppeteer
- Bruce Thorn - nearly abstract
- Lika Tov - Bible-inspired collagraphs, see also 1
- Jirí Trnka - “The Hand” (parts 1 and 2), ultimate animation
- Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
- Marlaine Verhelst - dolls, puppets...or sculptures?
- Johannes Vermeer - see also Vermeer Centrum, Delft
- Deb Webb - variety arts
- Dan Witz - urban street illusions
Other
Art Affinities:
- US Galleries, Art Fairs, etc.
- Chicago - see Cultural Events and Cultural Center
- Chicago Art District
- Chicago Gallery News
- Chicago
Art Net
- Chicago Artists' Coalition
- Chicago Artists' Resource
- Chicago Cultural Plan
- Studio Chicago
- Gapers Block - a great Chicago on line magazine
- Art Letter - Paul Klein's mostly Chicago art notes
- Evanston Print & Paper, Lill Street, Spudnik Press - Chicagoland printmaking facilities not listed elsewhere on this site
- Chicago Printer's Guild - a Chicago Printmaker's resource
- Evanston Art Links
- Transit, Ragdale - more Chicago-area artist' venues/resources
- International Print Center, New York
- The Drawing Center, New York
- Morgan Library and Museum, New York - among others, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves
- Opportunities
for Artists
- Europeana - digitized European art collections
- Codart - Dutch and Flemish art, worldwide
- DBNL - Dutch cultural history and literature
- Kunst - good Dutch art news
- Dutch Royal Library - exhaustive
- Vereniging Rembrandt - Dutch art collections' fund
- Dutch
Galleries
- Fonds Beeldende Kunsten (Netherlands)
- Tefaf, Art Amsterdam, Pan, Realisme - important art fairs in The Netherlands
- Art Start - more Dutch art, art libraries
- Kiem - advocacy for arts in The Netherlands
- Schwartzlist - art news from The Netherlands
- European Museum Guide
- Google Art Project - museums worldwide, high resolution imagery; more 1
- Artdaily, Art
Newspaper - great art-news sites
- Art Info, Sign and Sight, E-Art Now - more art news
- Neotericart and Artcritical - insightful art reviews (e.g., by Diane Thodos)
- Art Crime, Art Thefts and Art Loss
- Holocaust Stolen Art List
- Saving Antiquities for Everyone (SAFE)
- Lincnet, Arts Action Fund - artists' advocacies
- Illinois Arts Alliance - more advocacy
- Oriental Architecture - tranquility, sometimes
- City of David - ancient Jerusalem
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
- Savitsky Collection - Karakalpak Museum, Nukus, Uzbekistan
- Lambiek - comic-book site
- Animation Archives - very comprehensive
- Smithonian Library - compelling pop-up books
- Doll and Puppet Art
- Poses -helpful drawing/painting site
- Philobiblon - book-arts site
- Buchmalerie - beautiful (and expensive) facsimiles
- MoCoLoCo - cool contemporary art site
- Funprox - interesting art links
- Panoramas
- Nobody
Here, Digital Sketchbooks - sites as art
Judaism and Family:
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