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 […]

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Magritte in Mount Dora!

I am so pleased to share with you that The Wandering Art Historian is returning to Mount Dora!  I am partnering with Modernism Museum Mount Dora for two special presentations of my lecture This is Not Reality: The Art of Rene Magritte in mid-October.  Hosted by 1921 by Norman Van Aken, this lecture will be […]

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Fall Lecture Preview #3

Next month I am debuting a brand new lecture series that I am thrilled to be sharing with all of you titled, “How to Read a Painting.”  Hosted by the Winter Garden Art Association, this series will run for three weeks in October and cover the topics COLOR, SYMBOLS and STORIES in art.  This will […]

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Fall Lecture Preview #2

A few weeks ago, I posted a teaser for my upcoming fall lecture series, “How to Read a Painting.”  As I mentioned, Session 1 will be devoted to COLOR and exploring a few of the fascinating ways in which artists use color in their work. Session 2 is dedicated to SYMBOLS and discussing their meanings […]

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Fall Lecture Preview #1

To all those who have been following this blog for a while, you know that this has been an extraordinarily busy summer for me… and I LOVE it!  I am working on a variety of art projects, researching new lecture topics, hosting the Art Lovers Book Club AND teaching classes as part of the Rollins […]

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Piece of the Master

When you buy a copy of O Magazine (with Oprah always on the cover), it is like you are buying a little piece of Oprah herself. This idea isn’t new! In fact, Rembrandt did the very same thing by painting himself into his own work. When you buy the masterpiece, you also buy a piece […]

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#SelfieCulture FTW

Please join me for Session 3 of my current lecture series, #ArtHistoryTrending, on Thursday, April 19th at 6:00pm. Hosted by the Winter Garden Art Association, this presentation will have guests comparing today’s selfie trend with artists’ self-portraits from throughout art history to see if we can find some common ground.  This discussion is always a fascinating one and […]

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Still Lifes – Then & Now

While I was out-and-about this weekend, I overheard someone nearby exclaim, “This meal looks so amazing, I just have to take a picture!”  I think it is safe to say that at some point in our modern lives we have all shared in this same excitement… to be so in awe of a meal that […]

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