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Gorgeous, Voluptuous and Only Four Hundred Years Old
The most successful artist of his time; his gorgeous, voluptuous and very expensive artworks --often of monumental scale -- is an absolute must-have for the powerful and wealthy. No, no, no... I am...
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Reinventing Our Downtowns
In the next few weeks, Americans for the Arts (AFTA), with support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will be increasing their focus on art and cultural districts. AFTA has been deeply...
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Theater: A Lost 'Found;' And Lost 'Generations' at Soho Rep
FOUND ** out of **** GENERATIONS ** 1/2 out of **** FOUND ** out of **** ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY AT LINDA GROSS THEATER OK, so you created a fun idea for a magazine. It was Found, a zine that...
View ArticleThe Fu Manchu Complex, And Today's Anxieties About China
Imagine a super-villain who operates from within an underground hideout, strikes at the heart of empire through a suicide cult of footsoldiers who see each murder as a steppingstone to paradise, revels...
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Hilary Brace: Entering a Moisture-laden Palace
"We travel with her and take the same uncertain path, entering a moisture-laden palace that twists our minds." - Gretel Ehrlich on Hilary Brace Artist Hilary Brace has been using an old material...
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Painting the Desert: Urban Artists in the Navajo Nation
It's an unusual pairing: Street artists who are accustomed to the grit and grime of deteriorating neighborhoods in the city translating their skills to the desert where the environment is outstandingly...
View ArticleKaren Clark on the ImageBlog
The Dam, 2013, photomontage, 18 x 12 inches, archival inkjet print. The spark for this piece came from a billboard of Bashar al-Assad and a 19th century engraving of a mountain passageway in Syria. It...
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Happy Halloween ... From Some Bananas and a Gorilla On Segways
Happy Halloween everyone! It's just around the corner. If you don't have a costume yet, now is the time to start brainstorming. I figured that it would also be a good time to share one of my favorite...
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Artist Luke Chueh Spews and Gets "Self-Ish" in New L.A. Solo Show
("Some Trends Make Me Want To Puke" courtesy of Luke Chueh/CHG Circa Gallery) Luke Chueh's work could initially be misconstrued as 'cute.' Cuddly animals -- sweet and innocent bears and bunnies -- are...
View ArticleWaking Up With Frank Lloyd Wright
I watch a lot of HGTV with my wife. It's a sort of penance for watching sports -- the yang to my NFL ying. So I'm exposed to a lot of "design." I have watched dozens of designers re-design broken...
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Out of the Blue
Source: Gussisaurio at Creative Commons The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded last week to Isamu Akasaki from Meijo University, Hiroshi Amano from Nagoya University and Shuji Nakamura from the...
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Caves, Icebergs, and Humanoid Landscapes: A Collaboration With Rebecca Chaperon
As a poet, I value and adore working with visual artists; collaborating across genre and medium often provides an instant jolt of inspiration. In my writing practice, I often write poems that have...
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Artist Julienne Johnson Returns to Taylor University, Indiana With Renowned...
Fate... it is said to be the reason why people connect. However, it's not always a romantic entanglement. Often artistic alliances evolve through admiration and/or a co-envisioned passion. For...
View ArticleTouring New York Arts and Culture
It would be a mistake to view New York's arts and culture landscape in isolation, confined to geographic borders. Among the reasons -- there are many -- is that our artists and institutions tour both...
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A Mystery Solved? Art Review
Amelia Earhart buffs might be surprised to learn that the remains of her aircraft, widely reported to have gone down off Howland Island in the South Pacific, made it all the way across the Pacific...
View ArticleThe Threats Against Anita Sarkeesian Expose The Darkest Aspects Of Online...
I don't know how Anita Sarkeesian gets through the day. I really don't. The violent threats sent to the Utah organizers of one of Sarkeesian's recent speaking engagements are just the latest iteration...
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Ukrainian Band Lyudska Padova Talks Patriarchy, Sexualities and Trojan Horses
Portrait by Daniel Jack Lyons While civil unrest continues to pervade the east of Ukraine, a new generation of artists and musicians in Kiev are creating wide spectrum of sounds and spectacles. At the...
View ArticleA Long Life in the Cherry Lane Theatre
In 1962, when Estelle Parsons made her Cherry Lane Theatre debut in Mrs. Dally Has a Lover, a strip club was in business next door, and the thump-thump-thumping of music could be heard through the...
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Leonard Cohen's Triumphant Problems
The mere release of Popular Problems, two days after Leonard Cohen's 80th birthday last month, is remarkable in and of itself. (How many 80-year-old sex symbols and style icons are there?) But it also...
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Matt Day: Gentleman And Photographer
All Images Copyright Matt Day I found Matt Day on YouTube. Well, not literally, but I did find some great film photography videos and they were hosted by Matt. This is not what attracted me to the...
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