Hannah Gadsby

Hannah Gadsby is an Australian stand-up comic who won international acclaim for her powerful and emotionally raw 2018 Netflix special, “Nanette,” in which she announced that she was quitting comedy. It is better to experience this special with as little information as possible beforehand. However, her visceral account of personal traumatic events will absolutely stick […]

Google Arts & Culture App

The Google Arts & Culture app is a free download full of creative art-based activities like scavenger hunts, mazes, virtual tours and more. You can explore museum collections from around the world and see thousands of artworks in very high resolution. You can also have fun with Art Transfer. Once in the app, click on […]

Let’s Learn More About Black Artists!

Today’s post is dedicated to learning more about black artists. If you have taken my class, From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women Artists, you will remember me sharing this quote from the Guerrilla Girls… So, how do we, as art historians and art enthusiasts, be more inclusive? I have compiled this very introductory list of […]

Blog Posts & Videos & Classes, Oh My!

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 […]

“How to Read a Painting” on YouTube!

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 […]

Prop Culture

As someone who used to work in a scenic and fabrication shop, I was intrigued by a new show on Disney+ titled “Prop Culture.” The premise centers around a man who collects movie props and hunts down props that may be missing or tucked away in odd locations. When I realized that one of the […]

“Birds of Prey”

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 Besides being the most enjoyable film of the DC franchise thus far, I was pleasantly surprised by a couple of art historical references.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 […]

THANK YOU!

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 […]

Virtual Fringe in 2020

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 […]

“The Night Watch”

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 […]