A Winter Tree: Jennifer Steinkamp
I’m fairly certain that many of us have experienced the sight of snow-laden trees in January. That is my favorite part of winter. What better image to conjure up the sensation of a cold winter d ...
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Space-Motion-Light: Robert Irwin
September 12th is the birthday of artist Robert Irwin, whose spectacular artistic career has spanned numerous art forms and styles through the years. His light installations are usually based on the l ...
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Rethinking Classicism: Kelly Richardson
Let’s wrap up my Rethinking Classicism series with a look at what might be regarded as classic art of today in the future. 100 years from now, will video installation be considered a classi ...
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Something Swiss This Way Comes: Pipilotti Rist
The first of August, this past Saturday, is Switzerland's "Independence Day," so I’m presenting a Swiss installation artist: Pipilotti Rist. The typical luxuriant colors of her vi ...
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Blossom Dedicated to Art Teachers: Polly Apfelbaum
A good friend of mine—who is an art teacher (from home now) in Ohio—recently shared pictures with me of a lesson about taking selfies inspired by famous paintings. Her own exampl ...
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Spring Illusion: Kelly Richardson
In a time in history when we could all use either a vacation, a walk in the park (six feet apart, of course), or just an escape to one of Star Trek’s “shore leave” planets, we can lo ...
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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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Have You Had Your Fiber Today? Sheila Hicks
As you all know, I’m not a fan of the words “decorative arts,” “artisan,” “crafts,” or “craftsperson.” I think we’re way beyond that now. If ...
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A Prescription: James Lambie
It was rainy and damp in New England for quite some time in October. My prescription for the rainy blues is color (and art history, of course). ...
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The Iconoclast (?): Zhan Wang
It would probably take me forever to be able to say that I had “seen it all” in the world of art. You know the old expression, “just when you thought you’d seen it all,” ...
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