Fuji (Wisteria) Matsuri
In Japan, April 21 to May 6 is the time of the Fuji Matsuri, or “Wisteria Festival.” During the festival, traditional music and dance are performed at the Kameido Tenjin shrine on the outs ...
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Art of Libraries
April 20th through 27th is National Library Week. We all like libraries. Like museums, they have such a special ambience. In order to celebrate that in an art historical manner, let’s look at so ...
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April in a New Perspective
I’ve been a big admirer of Pierre Soulages’s work since I saw a show featuring him and Swiss artist Gérard Schneider (1896–1986) when I was home a few years ago. The ...
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Gardens for April
I’m pretty sure we all need some artistic diversions right now with the way things are in the world. April is not only National Garden Month, but it is also National Landscape Architecture Month ...
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Women's (Art) History Month 2020 V
I'm wrapping up Women’s History Month 2020 with a First Nations artist, a pioneering photographer, and an art form that was finally acknowledged as such in the late 1900s. ...
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Women's (Art) History Month 2020 IV
This week of Women’s Art History Month, we’ll look at a printmaker, a pioneer photographer, and one of the secrets to Tiffany’s success in stained glass. ...
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Women's (Art) History Month 2020 III
I dare say the role of women artists in the history of art has always been a strong presence, even if major art histories do not record all of them faithfully. ...
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Women's (Art) History Month 2020 II
Women’s (Art) History Month continues with tributes to three more interesting artists I have encountered in my art historical travels. ...
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Women's (Art) History Month 2020 I
Since this year is the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, it is especially fitting to observe Women’s History ...
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African American History Month 2020 VI
It is certainly true that, in the 21st century, more African American artists than ever before—in a wider range of expression—are participating in the American “art world.” As ...
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