Art Appreciation Aficionado Gifts

"I spent $1,000 on this great painting. And I spent $2,000 on college courses to know why it is great!"

"I dreamed Lucian Freud was coming to paint us."

"I know Beth from the days when 'Christina's World' was up where the Klimt is now."

"No, ma'am. I'm not sure what the difference is between being creative or just plain weird."

"'Talent borrows, genius steals' - that's one of mine, too."

"Throw it, throw it!"

Larry's used art

You're my Mona Lisa.

Copycats

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

"I think that's one of his early 'blank canvases'. I think there are some bigger ones in the next room."

Madonna of the Pukes.

"I call it 'Bad Dog.'"

The Artist

Paul Klee

Doctor examining Easter Island statue.

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

Cariactures

Alien David statue

Wolf Danny With "Random""The work must be tantamount to mayhem. Making an insatiable public confused, indifferent, annoyed—this is the premise on which rests my deliberately vacuous oeuvre."

That shows business confidence.

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

(Camel paintings)

The height of fashion in 1796

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

"Will you have a Sphinx?"

'Of all the nerve!...Making us sit through the whole of their Bayeux Tapestries!!'

German Expressionist Breakfast

Horti-Culture

Children's artwork exhibition.

"Lautrec or Gary? Hmmm... We'll take Gary."

"Mr. Right!"

'Hi, Miss Henderson, we did collage in class today. Can you drive me home?'

'It's one of Larry King's earliest shows.'

"An unfortunate museum gift shop." "Banksy activity set." "Jackson Pollock coloring book." "MC Escher building blocks." "Claes Oldenburg miniatures." "Marceau Marceau CDs." "Seurat's connect-the-dots aaAAAAA."