Hello art lovers! The world around us has been rapidly changing over the past few months. Since none of us have ever lived through a pandemic before, we’re all doing the best we can with what we have. That’s all anyone can do, really, pandemic or not. As the world at large begins figuring out […]
Read more "Blog Posts & Videos & Classes, Oh My!"As you may recall from previous posts, I created The Wandering Art Historian YouTube channel as a way to provide art historical lectures during a time of social distancing. While it is way more fun to discuss art in person, it was quickly becoming more difficult to do that, especially during a pandemic. I decided […]
Read more "“How to Read a Painting” on YouTube!"While I prefer the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the DCEU (DC Extended Universe), I finally got around to watching 2019’s “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.” Besides being the most enjoyable film of the DC franchise thus far, I was pleasantly surprised by a couple of art historical references. For […]
Read more "“Birds of Prey”"My sincerest gratitude to all those who tuned in to last night’s presentation of “Art History in Pop Culture” for the Orlando Fringe. If you have ever attended one of my lectures or classes, then you know that I am not like most art history instructors. I am a big nerdy weirdo with no shame […]
Read more "THANK YOU!"The Fringe that almost was… LIVES ON! That’s right, we are currently on Day 7 of Fringe Today! the virtual Fringe Festival of 2020 here in Central Florida. Because the Orlando Fringe moved to the world wide interwebs, more people can participate and all performances and presentations are FREE! So far I have watched the […]
Read more "Virtual Fringe in 2020"Museums may be closed to the public, but art institutions around the globe are continuing the work needed to conserve and preserve the world’s visual art historical record. Just this week, the Rijksmuseum released an incredibly high resolution image of one of it’s most famous paintings. You may recall that Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” has […]
Read more "“The Night Watch”"Ten years ago this month, Marina Abramovic completed her epic performance piece, “The Artist is Present.” This piece was developed to coincide with her retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. As the piece came to a close on May 31st of 2010, Abramovic had been “present” for over 736 hours and recorded sitting across […]
Read more "The Artist is Present… ???"I found some really wonderful online resources provided by the Museum of Modern Art that are meant to inspire creativity in children. I have to say, I think all of these exercises and projects could apply to adults as well and they look like a lot of fun! Activities include drawing prompts, step-by-step art projects […]
Read more "#MuseumFromHome – MoMA"Who knew that in a time of global crisis, Banksy would be the artistic hero we needed to help us stay positive and persevere? I’ll admit… I never saw that coming! Banksy has created yet another astounding piece of artwork that is both simple in composition and profound in meaning. It is an artwork in […]
Read more "Banksy Does It Again"It appeared that all was lost. The Orlando International Fringe Festival had been cancelled due to the pandemic. Then, in a stroke of brilliance, the Fringe became VIRTUAL. That’s right, the Orlando Fringe has become FRINGE TODAY! for its 2020 season! Two weeks of incredible programming – art shows, theatrical performances, creative demonstrations, concerts, dancing, […]
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