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?"Last week I debuted the first lecture in my new series – The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art – to a wonderfully engaging collection of Zoom participants. The first lecture in this series – Spirals & The Sun: The Art & Science of Newgrange – was devoted to learning more about […]
Read more "Spirals & The Sun: The Art & Science of Newgrange"There has been a rash of interesting pop culture and art historical collaborations over the past few months and I am curious to hear your thoughts! Singer-songwriter, Halsey, who has incorporated live painting into her musical performances, kicked off the summer of 2021 by announcing their latest album via a short film set in The […]
Read more "A Summer of Art History & Pop Culture Collaborations"Last month, The Wandering Art Historian book club met to discuss Modern Art by Evelyn Toynton. I really enjoyed this book despite it being a sort of 20th century Greek tragedy. There are a bunch of tragic men and tragic women and they are all suffering and it is mostly due to their own life […]
Read more "My Covid Classic – #19"This year I noticed something very interesting regarding my personal research trends. In reevaluating the topics and people I spent the last two years researching, there seem to be quite a few connections to spirituality, science, mathematics and magic all swirled together in a sort of art historical stew. So, as we art historians tend […]
Read more "The Artist as Alchemist"I hope you will join me every Tuesday on The Wandering Art Historian YouTube channel for ART SNACKS! This NEW, long-running web series offers viewers a variety of art historical fun facts, mysteries, urban legends, interesting insights and more, all in “bite-sized” videos that last about five minutes or less. Long time followers of this […]
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