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Charles Cushing’s new Gross Clinic

During the recent uproar and rescue efforts on behalf of the Gross Clinic, artist Charles Cushing undertook to paint a full-scale replica of the Eakins masterpiece. Charles just emailed that the work is done. And it’s for sale, art lovers, a veritable painted piece of art activism! Here’s Charles’s note and information on how to get hold of him. Dear Friends, Patrons, & Fellow Artists, This is an image of my recently completed copy of Thomas Eakins’ “The Gross Clinic”. I commenced the painting about 3 months ago during the fundraising campaign, as a way to raise awareness, and also ... More » »

Gross Clinic will be at Academy two days, no fee

My favorite protest sign; it and other protests led to a joint PAFA/PMA purchase of The Gross Clinic; soon it’s PAFA’s turn to display the work. Two free days of public viewing of Thomas Eakins’ The Gross Clinic will be offered March 17 and 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ historic building. The painting will go on display starting March 14. It will be on display along with other Eakins and Eakins-related work reflecting his interest in anatomy and its place in art: two other Eakins paintings in the Academy’s collection, Walt ... More » »

Thanks to the grass roots for helping keep Eakins here!

We got an email last night from the organizers of the grass roots movement to keep the Gross Clinic in Philly. Congratulations to all on this big fish/little fish effort that actually worked! And to see photos of some of the organizers in action, see Libby’s post from the group’s first rally. Dear Friends, It has just been announced that Thomas Eakins’ masterpiece “The Gross Clinic” will be staying in Philadelphia where it belongs, front and center at the Philadelphia Museum of Art/PAFA!!!! Today (Thursday, Dec. 21), Stanley Bielen (the main force behing the “grass roots” effort, along with Patrick ... More » »

Gross Clinic to stay in Philly!!

Hooray!! Hooray!! And smiley faces all round. Read Mark McDonald’s story in the Daily News and the amazing Stephan Salisbury’s article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Donations are still needed, though–because the institutions had to take out a loan to cover part of the purchase price. Here’s who ponied up the biggest bucks (quoting from the story). And yesterday, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts said their urgent fundraising campaign has been successful enough to make them co-owners of the Eakins masterpiece with the help of a loan from Wachovia Bank. So far, the two ... More » »

Dayton on Tuttle, Eakins and Arkansas

Post by Dayton Castleman One of you mentioned that if I ever saw anything interesting in Chicago to send you a little something on it. Here’s that something. The show is Richard Tuttle, at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The personal irony is that, until this week, Tuttle was filed under “L” for loathe in my personal catalog of art and artists. I confess that this had more to do with an embarrassing art-handling experience that involved tip-toeing around with a shard of broken plywood wearing white cotton gloves like I was on a bomb squad, than actually taking a ... More » »

Gross Clinic watch

An email from Patrick Connors Sunday’s button sales was terrific, thanks to all of you for coming out and saying hello to the “Button Brigade” and buying a button. The more these buttons are seen the better. (By the way these buttons are soon to be collector’s items as we have exhausted the original supply and placed a new order. The new buttons will be burgundy background with white lettering. Be the first on your block to have a blue and burgundy buttons). Every little bit helps in raising funds and public consciousness. The money argument (which makes us at ... More » »

Eakins rally Sunday

An email from Patrick Connors Thanks to all of you for keeping this important rally going. Although it is challenging, the effort to keep the Gross Clinic in Philadelphia is doable. As many of you know the PMA, as of last week, has raised over one-third of the money. Donations continue to come in, this is good! Thanks to the “Button Brigade” sales we have donated hundreds of dollars to the Eakins Masterpiece Fund (that’s a lot of buttons) and raised public consciousness. Recently the California Literary Review published an excellent essay on the “Gross Clinic Affair.” You can read ... More » »

Thomas Eakins Thursday at the Free Library

Thomas Eakins, The Agnew Clinic, 1889. If you’re all frothed up about the Thomas Eakins Gross Clinic debacle (and who isn’t?) I want to recommend you go hear Pulitzer prize-winning historian William S. McFeely speak about his new book on Thomas Eakins, “Portrait: A Life of Thomas Eakins” at the Free Library this Thursday night, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. It’s a free lecture–no tickets required but you might want to get there early to get a seat. The road from Philadelphia to Bentonville, Arkansas, proposed new home for Eakins’ The Gross Clinic. I read an advanced copy of Portrait ... More » »

Gross grosses and Gross buttons

The grosses: The Philadelphia Inquirer reported this morning on that the fundraising effort for the Gross Clinic reached 1/3 of its goal!!! whoohoo The buttons: I also got this email from artist Patrick Connors: You can show your support for the efforts to keep Eakins “The Gross Clinic” here in Philadelphia by purchasing a button for $2.00. The buttons read “Keep Gross in Philadelphia,” and the proceeds will be donated to the Eakins Fund listed below. Buttons will be available starting Sunday from Charles Cushing, Stanley Bielen, or myself. If you cannot attend Sunday and wish to purchase a button ... More » »

More support for Gross Clinic–a gallery pitches in!

Cerulean Arts is donating 5 percent of December sales to to save “The Gross Clinic.” The tiny gallery, in case you missed Roberta’s post, recently opened with an impressive first show. Here’s what galleriests Michael Kowbuz and Tina Rocha wrote us: We’ve been following the controversy over the sale of Eakins’ The Gross Clinic along with the rest of Philadelphia for the last few weeks. Although we’re a small gallery & have just opened, we feel obligated to do something. We have such strong ties to PAFA (Mike is Director of Continuing Education, faculty member & MFA graduate & I ... More » »