Personally, I do not practice divination beyond having had my Tarot cards read a couple of times, but this is something very cool, especially if your life heavily revolves around ART like mine does. The Art Oracles is a deck of fifty cards featuring fifty different artists. Each card has a wonderfully charming illustration of […]
Read more "Art Oracles"The Internet can be an awful, terrible place and lately it seems that the only folks who hang out in cyberspace are the ones with the loudest voices and the vilest of intentions. And then… every once in a while, and usually when you least expect it… a miracle happens. Such is the case of […]
Read more "Bernie Sanders Meets Art History in Meme Heaven"This week’s blog post is celebrating the return of The Wandering Art Historian book club in 2021! January’s book club discussion centered around Christina Baker Kline’s novel A Piece of the World. The protagonist of this book is Christina Olson, the real-life woman depicted in Andrew Wyeth’s 1948 masterpiece of American art, “Christina’s World.” I’ve […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #13"I had no idea that an elaborate gift-giving ceremony was among the many events included in the United States presidential inauguration festivities. However, my ears pricked up when I heard the words “art” and “painting” and here we are! “Landscape with Rainbow” was painted by Robert Seldon Duncanson in 1859. Duncanson followed the typical path […]
Read more "“Landscape with Rainbow”"I feel the need to be upfront with all of you before you get too far into this review of Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Andrei Rublev… I just can’t with this guy. I consider myself rather openminded, especially when it comes to art and that includes cinema. I love movies that don’t tell the viewer exactly […]
Read more "“Andrei Rublev”"The Last Nude by Ellis Avery flips the script on the traditional (and misogynistic) notion of the relationship between an artist and their muse. In some ways, it plays into the seemingly patriarchal trope of the famous artist passionately and erotically obsessed with a beautiful young woman in need of some perceived rescuing, whether physically […]
Read more "“The Last Nude” by Ellis Avery"2021 is finally here and I will admit that I have been doing some serious reflection over the past few days. In 2020, we all had to rethink the way in which we did nearly everything. We shopped from home and had groceries and other necessities delivered to our front doors. We met with our […]
Read more "Happy New Year!"The year is nearly over, and I want to say THANK YOU to all of YOU. THANK YOU to everyone who participated in The Wandering Art Historian book club, attended my online lectures, or participated in my Zoom classes. THANK YOU to everyone who signed up for my email newsletter and to all those who […]
Read more "It’s the End of the Year as We Know It"Despite being a challenging and emotional year, 2020 saw the debut of a brand new 4-week class titled Modern Art Madness! vol. 2. This follow-up class to Modern Art Madness! continued the exploration of Modern Art and covered topics not discussed in the first iteration. For example, one session of this class was dedicated to […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #11"My last online event of 2020 was a special presentation on the art and life of Marc Chagall. Chagall was my first art historical love when I was just a baby art historian. Now his work seems more important and more necessary than ever. Whatever your experience was this year, 2020 definitely came with its […]
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