Romare Bearden: Ways of Working at the Asheville Art Museum

Romare Bearden: Ways of Working at the Asheville Art Museum in North Carolina is an apt title for this exhibition that I highly recommend, especially to those art enthusiasts who also consider themselves artists or creatives. File this exhibition under “small but mighty” because while it showcases only a few of Romare Bearden’s works, it […]

A Picasso in Oppenheimer?

If you’re like me and you saw Christopher Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer this weekend then it’s probably safe to say that your brain is STILL recovering from the onslaught of scientific information, rapid-fire dialogue and existential quandaries that make up the three hour masterpiece of cinema. Honestly, I think it broke my brain… in a good […]

“Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish & Indian Art, 1960s-1970s” at the RMA

The Rollins Museum of Art in Winter Park, FL is hosting a massive art exhibition that acts as an introductory course in non-Western art of the late 20th century. Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish & Indian Art, 1960s – 1970’s is an enormous show with so much educational information provided that it may require repeat visits. What […]

“Hilma”

Exciting news for those who love art, cinema and biographies as the life of artist Hilma af Klint comes to the big screen! While there is currently no release date for the film in the U.S., those in the U.K. can watch the film when it’s released on October 28th. Written and directed by Lasse […]

The Secret & The Sacred: The Art of Hilma af Klint

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 […]

My Covid Classic – #19

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 […]

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 […]

My Covid Classics – #11

Despite being a challenging and emotional year, 2020 saw the debut of a brand new 4-week class titled Modern Art Madness! vol. 2. This follow-up class to Modern Art Madness! continued the exploration of Modern Art and covered topics not discussed in the first iteration. For example, one session of this class was dedicated to […]

My Covid Classics – #10

My last online event of 2020 was a special presentation on the art and life of Marc Chagall. Chagall was my first art historical love when I was just a baby art historian. Now his work seems more important and more necessary than ever. Whatever your experience was this year, 2020 definitely came with its […]

The Artist is Present… ???

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 […]