Last week I hosted my final Zoom lecture of 2021 – The Book of Kells. This was the third presentation in my current lecture series The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art. This lecture series will conclude in January 2022 with a Zoom presentation of epic proportions, so stay tuned for more […]
Read more "The Book of Kells (Lecture)"The Rollins Museum of Art (formerly the Cornell Museum of Fine Arts) in Winter Park, Florida is hosting an exhibition that is definitely not to be missed. Gallardo/Budoff: Growth, Breadth and Terrain is on view at the museum until December 31st and admission to this high caliber exhibition is free, so no excuses – just […]
Read more "Gallardo/Budoff at the Rollins Museum of Art"Naven Lizon is a fellow creative person who understands just how difficult it can be to not only find one’s artistic voice, but to also express it in its most authentic form. Naven recognized very early in 2020 that the “pandemic pause” would force us all to reevaluate our livelihoods and that after all the […]
Read more "Soul Creativity w/ Naven Lizon"The month of October has come to a close and that means the Inktober 2021 drawing challenge is officially yesterday’s news. I had to get creative (and a little silly!), but I did complete the challenge – yay! Here’s this year’s prompt list again as a quick reminder of what the participating artists were up […]
Read more "Inktober 2"You may recall hearing a strange story coming out of the art world this summer. Trust me, I know that is a loaded sentence. The art world thrives on strange stories and you may be thinking, “What are those crazy artists up to now?!” This particular strange story was about an Italian artist who auctioned […]
Read more "The Sale of an “Immaterial Sculpture”"Last week I gave the second presentation of my current lecture series – The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art – via Zoom to yet another group of delightfully curious participants. In fact, they seemed to be really intrigued by this artist’s unexpected artwork. This did not surprise me one bit because […]
Read more "The Secret & The Sacred: The Art of Hilma af Klint"If you are an artist, you are probably familiar with the social media phenomenon that is Inktober. Inktober is a 31 day challenge that encourages artists to complete an ink drawing every day during the month of October. That’s it. Really! It is kind of wonderful in that there is only the pressure to complete […]
Read more "Inktober"Sometimes I think I am living in some Bizarro World alternate universe. Just a couple of weeks ago, legendary graffiti artist, Lady Pink, taped a video segment for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. In this video, she teaches Jimmy and Tariq (aka Black Thought of The Roots) how to graffiti their names onto a […]
Read more "Lady Pink on The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon"The unparalleled creative team of Christo and Jeanne-Claude may no longer be with us on this plane of existence, but their legacy continues to move us mere mortals. Thankfully, one of their artistic dreams came true posthumously as of September 18th of this year. The Arc de Triomphe currently wears the shimmering silvery-blue robes of […]
Read more "L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped"The highly anticipated Fall 2021 ad campaign by Tiffany & Company features the incredibly glamorous (and ultimate power couple) Beyoncé and Jay-Z, but no one seems to be talking about Bey and Hova. No one’s even commenting on the 128-carat diamond that Beyoncé wears in an homage to Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly, the main character […]
Read more "Basquiat at Tiffany’s?"
The Wandering Art Historian 
You must be logged in to post a comment.