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| For Collectors of the Fine and Decorative Arts |
| December 2009 |
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 Plugged In
Turning fluorescent tubes, lightbulbs and neon into art was a bright idea, but maintaining these electrified masterpieces poses some technical challenges.
By Sheila Gibson Stoodley
When Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb in 1879, he had no clue that one day it would become a medium for art. Indeed, he probably couldn’t have conceived of it; when listing 10 ways his new phonograph would improve the world, he ranked “reproduction of music” fourth, behind dictation, audiobooks and teaching elocution. It took almost 100 years for an artist to come along who truly grasped the potential of artificial light. The date of Dan Flavinç—´ revelation appears in the title of the work that arose from it, the diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi). It was a single, 8-foot-long yellow fluorescent tube, placed at a 45-degree angle with one end in contact with the floor. READ MORE 
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| Also Featured in December 2009 |
| Market / Previewing Miami’s art fairs; reviewing Sotheby’s Romano sale in Florence; and a Bonhams sale of rare televisions. |
| Exhibitions / Early Russian photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii at The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. |
| Talking Pictures / Columnist Jonathan Lopez celebrates Christmas by visiting the Brooklyn Museum to see James Tissot’s Life of Christ series of watercolors, on view for the first time in 20 years. |
| Collecting: Centennial Furniture / American furniture makers marked the nation’s 100th birthday with Colonial-style pieces that honored the originals. |
| Essay: Ad Reinhardt / Edward M. Gomez focuses on a recently discovered set of illustrated letters that sheds new light on the life and work of this still-provocative artist. |
| Antique Maps / Maps communicate basic facts about our world—place names, sizes, distances—but the finest maps rise to the level of art by arranging information in a way which, while perhaps not strictly accurate, is true nonetheless. |
| The Pre-Raphaelites / Once upon a time, not too long ago, Pre-Raphaelite painting was as far from fashionable as could be. All that’s changed, thanks to collectors like Andrew Lloyd Webber and a spate of museum shows that celebrate these colorful, romantic works. |
| Books / A selection of art books for holiday gift-giving. |
| In a Nutshell / Toy soldiers. |
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