From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women Artists vol. 2

Hopefully it is apparent that my goal for 2021 has been to focus on creating NEW art historical content across a variety of platforms in order to reach as many people as possible. The year 2020 taught me that people still want to learn about ART despite the “new normal” of living with a global […]

“False Impression” by Jeffrey Archer

I hate to admit that I haven’t been reading many “fun” books as of late. In 2020, I read 30 books and most of them were research oriented or books I was considering for inclusion in The Wandering Art Historian book club. Don’t get me wrong, it was still fun to read all those books, […]

How to Read a Movie

The Wandering Art Historian YouTube channel has been a bit quiet since October 2020, but all that changed last month. My newest web series – How to Read a Movie – debuted in February and the response has been astounding! If that title sounds at all familiar, it’s because it is a direct callback to […]

My Covid Classics – #14

The Wandering Art Historian book club tackled Sebastian Smee’s nonfiction title The Art of Rivalry for its February discussion and there was a lot to discuss! Smee’s intent is to challenge the reader with a closer look at four pairs of modern artists and their tumultuous relationships with each other. These artistic couples were Matisse […]

“Black Art: In the Absence of Light”

“Black Art: In the Absence of Light” is a new documentary streaming on HBO/HBO Max. It is a profound introductory survey of black art in the United States today and its history up to this point. This documentary is centered around the lifework of art historian and artist, David Driskell, curator of the 1976 exhibition […]

Art Oracles

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 […]

Bernie Sanders Meets Art History in Meme Heaven

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 […]

My Covid Classics – #13

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 […]

“Landscape with Rainbow”

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 […]

“Andrei Rublev”

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 […]