I am so honored to have three paintings included in the upcoming 1st Thursdays art party at the Orlando Museum of Art. The event will be held on Thursday, October 4th from 6:00 – 9:00pm and October’s theme is “Nerds in the City.” I can think of no better way to sum up my art […]
Read more "Nerds in the City"I attended the opening for Nick Cave: FEAT. Friday night and was instantly transported to a magical land of hallucinogenic technicolor, whimsical found objects and the very best Soundsuits I have ever seen. Approaching the exhibition space, guests are greeted by a huge wall plastered with an enormous vinyl of melting, dripping and blurring shapes and […]
Read more "Nick Cave FEAT."Join me for an art meet up at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum that is FREE for members of the Winter Garden Art Association and $10 for nonmembers. I will lead our group through a unique and atypical tour of their new exhibition, “Dangerous Women: Selections from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.” […]
Read more "Dangerous Women"The Wandering Art Historian wanders back to Mount Dora, FL this October with a very special Dine & Learn presentation titled, “Brushing Up on Impressionism.” This lecture celebrates the movement that changed the art world forever and continues to inspire to this very day. “Brushing Up on Impressionism!” Dine & Learn in Mount Dora, FL […]
Read more "Return to Mount Dora"I saw my third Nick Cave Soundsuit in October of 2015 while visiting Washington, D.C. This city is pure heaven if you love museums as much as I do… and they are all free! At the end of a long day, I found myself wandering towards Chinatown and even though I was tired and starving, […]
Read more "Nick Cave #3"I saw my second Nick Cave Soundsuit by complete accident. I visited Las Vegas for the first time in 2015 and was wandering through the Bellagio when I nearly ran right into a Soundsuit in a glass display case in the middle of the walkway. I stopped dead in my tracks and stared. I couldn’t […]
Read more "Nick Cave #2"I saw my first Nick Cave Soundsuit on December 31st, 2014. We were celebrating New Year’s Eve at an event at the Orlando Museum of Art and I was captivated by this piece from 2011. It is a phenomenal sight to see in person – there are so many objects to discover in this one […]
Read more "Nick Cave #1"Carlos Betancourt is an artist who was recently featured in the 2018 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art. His pieces are not only eye-catching, but mesmerizing works of art that keep the viewer hypnotized for a seemingly endless amount of time. Each piece is overflowing with brightly colored found […]
Read more "Carlos Betancourt"I recently visited the Orlando Museum of Art to view the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition. It is so important to celebrate and discuss the work of artists living and creating in today’s world. The pieces these artists create are visual representations of the times and events we are currently living and sometimes those […]
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