I’d like to extend my thanks to the local media here in Central Florida for highlighting a few of my recent endeavors, including my debut novel. Brea Jones of The Villages Daily Sun showcased my Fall 2024 lectures at the Leesburg Center for the Arts… https://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/news/in_todays_daily_sun/the-wandering-art-historian-returns-to-leesburg/article_9e348f4e-7ba6-11ef-8d7b-f794d973383a.html The Autobiography of an Infinite Being or How I […]
Read more "In the News!"One of my favorite things about Central Florida is all the wonderful pockets of creativity and art scattered throughout area and the town of Winter Garden, specifically its historic downtown district, is one such special place. Winter Garden is home to the Winter Garden Art Association and its SOBO Gallery hosts art exhibitions and demonstrations […]
Read more "“About Face” at SOBO Gallery"Last month (which seems like an eternity ago), I gave a lecture on The Russian Avant Garde at SoBo Gallery in Winter Garden, FL. One of the things we discussed was Kazimir Malevich and his Suprematist paintings. During the early years of the 20th century, Malevich dedicated himself to the idea that art should not […]
Read more "Suprematism"Have you ever wondered about the artistic progression from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art? If so, then you will want to attend my lecture on Robert Rauschenberg and James Rosenquist. Rauschenberg and Rosenquist were two Florida artists who moved the art world away from the drip paintings of the Abstract Expressionists and toward the mass […]
Read more "Rauschenberg & Rosenquist"I stopped by SoBo Gallery in Winter Garden, FL this weekend to check out the current art exhibition, “Word Play.” With a theme focusing on words in art, there are the expected paintings of inspirational phrases and photographs of vintage and antique signs. That said, I was surprised and pleased by the variety of media […]
Read more "“Word Play” at SoBo Gallery"As you know, I am debuting a new lecture series – Modern Art Madness vol. 2! – this spring with the Winter Garden Art Association. Needless to say, I have been up to my eyeballs in research and Power Point presentations. Session 3 of this new series is dedicated to the art of the 1980’s […]
Read more "Basquiat & Haring"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 […]
Read more "The Russian Avant-Garde"I saved the most controversial discussion topic for last – The Art World & Money. In a climate of scarcity, especially for funding the arts, there seems to be an overabundance of high-ticket works of art up for grabs. Why is this? Are artists producing works specifically for the art market? Is it couth to […]
Read more "The Art World & Money"Session three of The Art World: TODAY takes a closer look at the role celebrity plays in the art world. Can artists be celebrities? Can celebrities be artists? Can an artist become too famous? What happens when an artist is more famous than their work? Is this necessarily a bad thing? Art theory will have […]
Read more "The Art World & Celebrity"The second session of my series The Art World: TODAY is all about fashion. Does haute couture have a place in the art world? One could easily argue that fashion is definitely an artform, but is it a fine art? Do we need such designations in the art world in 2019? Answer questions like these […]
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