Art Fair Enthusiast Gifts

'Oh wow! They're got brown pottery, stained glass sun catchers and cows cut out of plywood!'

You're my Mona Lisa.

Larry's used art

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.

Madonna of the Pukes.

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

The Artist

Paul Klee

"I call it 'Bad Dog.'"

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."

Doctor examining Easter Island statue.

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

Cariactures

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

That shows business confidence.

"Will you have a Sphinx?"

The height of fashion in 1796

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

(Camel paintings)

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

German Expressionist Breakfast

Children's artwork exhibition.

"Mr. Right!"

Van Gogh was starting to run out of gift ideas.

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

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

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

Horti-Culture

Distractions Of The Great

"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."

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

What the Thinker was thinking: 'I think I can...I think I can...'

Baroque Peacock