Luciana Souza: A Bossa Nova Baby Makes Her Mark in the Jazz Realm
In 2013, Luciana Souza gained a place among the world's top contemporary jazz singers by earning not one but two Grammy nominations, for The Book of Chet (for Best Jazz Vocal Album) and Duos III (Best...
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The 2013 On The Streets Review Of The Year
With 2013 coming to its end, it is only appropriate to have a rather hefty On the Streets roundup. Trends from the current year include less illegally painted walls (with most notable and memorable...
View ArticleDavid LaChapelle on the ImageBlog
Still Life: Ronald Reagan, 2009-2012 chromogenic print 72 x 66 5/8 inches Edition of 3 © 2013 David LaChapelle Studio.
View ArticleFarewell, Kate Levin
Mayor Bloomberg has just ended his twelve year tenure as mayor; he governed over a remarkably turbulent span in American economic history: from post 9/11 gloom through the 2008 stock market crash. What...
View Article6 Artists on Decisive Moments
Six acclaimed artists reveal a decisive moment in their life -- a strong personal experience which became crucial in their development, and in shaping their work as artists. The German artist Jonathan...
View ArticleZoran Milosavljevic on the ImageBlog
Clark Drive. A Man who was heading for the bus and agreed to be photographed. Black and White 120 Film 12”x12” Ink Jet Print. Please refer to the project statement for a more complete idea of the...
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Ben Allison's The Stars Look Very Different Today
With a distinctively science fiction flavor, composer/bassist Ben Allison's latest The Stars Look Very Different Today follows a Star Trekian path to "... boldly go where no man has gone before." For...
View ArticleThrowing Out the Baby With the Bathwater
The New York Observer arts critic, James Jordan, recently wrote a "good riddance" of sorts to the Metropolitan Opera's 45 year-old production of Der Rosenkavalier, which had its final performance...
View ArticleDiscovering Kurt Vonnegut Through His Letters
Reading Letters, a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's letters, edited by Dan Wakefield, allowed me to connect with my grandfather by pretending that I was their recipient. Though he's a legend, his image...
View ArticleMagic From Crete: The Stelios Petrakis Quartet at WOMEX 2013 (video)
"Will you LOOK at the size of that Bass Lyra!!" --Jeff Greene, delegate to WOMEX, and president of Evergreene Music, upon seeing the setup on the stage for the Stelios Petrakis Quartet. First off, all...
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The Sondheim Cure: a New Year's Gift to Awaken Your Sleeping "Muse"
I knew Stephen Sondheim's lyrics before I knew who Stephen Sondheim was. I was a little ghetto girl when I fell in love with West Side Story back in 1961. I was an only child with a rich imagination...
View ArticleInstagram Gets a Museum, and We Get a Window to the World
Artists, athletes, journalists and musicians are all using Instagram to express themselves in fascinating ways. Also: cute dogs, ridiculous babies, and more food porn than we know what to do with. For...
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Artist Clifford Ross Has Taken the Road Less Traveled
The Austin Wall as seen from the main lobby of the Austin Federal Courthouse. Copyright: Clifford Ross All Rights Reserved A few years ago, I visited Clifford Ross's Greenwich Village...
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Art and Artists II: The Angel of the Lower East Side
Deck the Walls Last time, I told you about a chain of events triggered by running into artist Dorian Vallejo at Steven Assael's drawing show at Forum Gallery. Today I'd like to continue my incomplete...
View ArticleJennie Ottinger on the ImageBlog
A perennial interest of mine is membership and clubs and the ceremonies and rituals that go along with that." Title: Meeting in the Woods Oil on panel 36 x 24 inches 2013
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Resurrections 'R Us
During 2013's government shutdown, a great deal of attention was focused on the closure of national parks, popular visitor attractions, and federally-run museums. Although the media tends to focus on...
View ArticleFour Months After Their Marriage, Her Husband Died in Iraq -- Now She's an...
The trick to great movie acting is to let the camera do the work. Even in scenes of extreme emotion, the challenge for the actor is to do as little as possible. His daughter is murdered? He struggles...
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'The Shawati' Interviews': Producer Mohammed Al Turki
Recently, I received my dream assignment. To write a comprehensive piece on the cinema culture and industry in the Gulf region for Shawati' Abu Dhabi. To call the magazine an elegant hub for arts,...
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What's the Big Idea? Debating the Future of a Great Urban Park
America's 21st century urban parks have the ability to be transformational; and when a design embraces the unique qualities of a given site, it can deepen the public's understanding and value of our...
View ArticleFatemeh Burnes on the ImageBlog
"Camouflage," natural pigment and oil on wood with carving, 36 x 36 inches, 2012 - 2013
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