Moments that define spirituality Jun 11, 2008
Francesco Clemente: Artist. When I paint, there is no thought of "I" and "mine." There is no thought of gain or loss. (CNN)
Fidelity and Wisdom Sep 13, 2007
The firm has also designed studio spaces for Ellsworth Kelly, Chuck Close, Richard Serra and Francesco Clemente, as well as installations for PMA. A classic example of Art Deco architecture, the original structure was built in 1927 for the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance company by the same team who designed the neoclassical PMA, opened in 1928, and constructed from the same Minnesota dolomite. Even the color adviser for the Fidelity Mutual Life building was the same person to design the glazed... (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
From Auto Trader to art lover Nov 14, 2006
" Speakers include artists Chuck Close and Francesco Clemente, business figures like Bradbury Anderson (CEO of BestBuy) and Robert Hormats (vice chair of Goldman Sachs), media stars like Arianna Huffington, and cultural heavyweights like architect Richard Meier and Guggenheim Foundation honcho emeritus Thomas Krens. It's true: Her statements do leave her wide open to ridicule. (Inspired by Turrell, for example, she writes in the catalogue with crystal-gazing rapture: "Verse Three of Genesis: Let... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
By a stroke of luck, Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton came to be the real artist behind the big screen's 'Art School Confidential' May 14, 2006
By way of homework, Mitchell-Dayton rented "Great Expectations," in which Ethan Hawke plays an artist whose work was made in reality by the renowned Italian painter Francesco Clemente. Thinking back, she pronounced the experience more disconcerting than instructive. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Almost the surreal thing May 13, 2006
From the Chapman Brothers to Francesco Clemente, from Christo to Sarah Lucas, artists continue to grow rich and successful by aping or adapting surrealist modes, though they are not ostensibly card-carrying surrealists. There is a particularly distinguished precedent for adopting aspects of surrealism without subscribing to it: Pablo Picasso was himself a surrealist fellow traveller and did very well out of it. (Financial Times)
Taking Time Off Mar 7, 2006
I saw Jackie Collins, actor Stephen Dorff, Adrien Brody (no Chihuahua, just a nice looking date), Anne Heche who with no surgery or other device has blossomed into a tremendous beauty at age 36 with husband Coley Laffoon, Interview magazine editor Ingrid Sischy, famed artist Francesco Clemente, novelist Salman Rushdie, Catherine Keener (laughing, having a grand time with friend director Spike Jonze and "Capote" director Bennett Miller and writer Dan Futterman), Oscar-winner Philip Seymour... (Fox News)
