“Living Color: The Art of The Highwaymen” at the OMA

Living Color: The Art of The Highwaymen is an astounding exhibition currently on view at the Orlando Museum of Art. For those not familiar, The Highwaymen are a group of self-taught African-American artists celebrated for capturing the natural beauty of “Old Florida.” The group got its name from their entrepreneurial endeavors selling their paintings on […]

Kehinde Wiley

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah had contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley on as a guest last week and it was not only entertaining, but wildly informative. Wiley is very comfortable discussing art in a setting that is not always conducive to it – a late night chat show – and with people whose knowledge of […]

“Weathering With You”

“Weathering With You” is the sophomore effort of director Makoto Shinkai that is currently taking the world of animation by storm. This film will not only appeal to fans of the Studio Ghibli films produced by the esteemed living legend Hayao Miyazaki, but to anyone who appreciates animated film-making, whether hand-drawn or computer generated. Without […]

“Word Play” at SoBo Gallery

I stopped by SoBo Gallery in Winter Garden, FL this weekend to check out the current art exhibition, “Word Play.” With a theme focusing on words in art, there are the expected paintings of inspirational phrases and photographs of vintage and antique signs. That said, I was surprised and pleased by the variety of media […]

Bluebeard

I recently reread Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut and it felt more profound now than the first time I read it. My first reading of Bluebeard was when I was in college, deep in the throws of becoming a baby art historian. This novel entering my sphere of existence seemed to line up perfectly with my […]

Basquiat & Haring

As you know, I am debuting a new lecture series – Modern Art Madness vol. 2! – this spring with the Winter Garden Art Association. Needless to say, I have been up to my eyeballs in research and Power Point presentations. Session 3 of this new series is dedicated to the art of the 1980’s […]

The Lost Painting

I just finished The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr and if you are at all interested in art historical research, the art restoration process or the artist Caravaggio, then you should probably read this book. Harr novelizes the sometimes frustrating and agonizing journey dozens of academics and scholars took to determine if the painting The […]

SUBSET

I discovered this mural while wandering through the Temple Bar district of Dublin, Ireland. Temple Bar is known for its numerous pubs, buskers and party-like atmosphere and is an iconic part of town that draws tourists looking for that perfect Instagram shot. I noticed this particular mural was tagged “SUBSET” and decided to do some […]

The Russian Avant-Garde

2020 brings with it new art adventures and, as you know, I am debuting a new lecture series with the Winter Garden Art Association titled Modern Art Madness vol. 2! This follow up series to Modern Art Madness! is devoted to a few of the artists and infamous “-isms” that are often overlooked by general surveys […]

New Year, New Classes!

The new year is finally here – YOU MADE IT! With a new year comes new journeys through art history. Are you ready to wander with me in 2020? I am offering six classes this spring with the Rollins Center for Lifelong Learning. I am bringing one class out of The Wandering Art Historian “vault” […]