Michaelina Wautier (1604-1689) until recently has been omitted from art history. The Journal Of Art In Society has been spotlighting forgotten women artists in a series of articles. Art historian and writer, Philip McCouat, in the fourth article in this series of articles, … [Read more...] about Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Featuring Michaelina Wautier’s Five Senses: Must-See Paintings First Time Exhibited Together in 370 Years
Exhibit Reviews
Nature’s Mystical Undertones Take Root In Summer Art Exhibition At The Clark In The Berkshires
The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown (Berkshire County), Massachusetts is on a rural campus of 140 acres of rolling hills, meadows, streams and forest. It is the perfect venue for an exhibition of paintings, woodblocks and prints of the Norwegian artist Nikolai Astrup … [Read more...] about Nature’s Mystical Undertones Take Root In Summer Art Exhibition At The Clark In The Berkshires
Realistic Art Becomes Magical With Paintings Of Nature’s Fruitful Return To The Urban Metropolis
Elizabeth Downer Riker is an American realist painter who lived in Oaxaca in southern Mexico for many years. About 10 years ago, she returned to New York City with her family where she began work on a series of paintings of the rooftop farms and vegetable gardens in the urban … [Read more...] about Realistic Art Becomes Magical With Paintings Of Nature’s Fruitful Return To The Urban Metropolis
400 Years Of The Hudson Valley’s Narrative History: Artfully Detailed By Visionary History Painter L. F. Tantillo, Including Its Food & Agriculture
Len Tantillo's forty years of history painting has been rightfully recognized and honored by a major retrospective exhibit, A Sense of Time: The Historical Art of L.F. Tantillo (January 27-July 25, 2021), at the Albany Institute of History & Art (founded in 1791 and one of … [Read more...] about 400 Years Of The Hudson Valley’s Narrative History: Artfully Detailed By Visionary History Painter L. F. Tantillo, Including Its Food & Agriculture
Visionary Artist, Lin May Saeed, Focuses On The Human-Animal Relationship
Omnivorous humans can consume all kinds of food indiscriminately, both animal and plant. Michael Pollan in his ground-breaking The Omnivore's Dilemma (The Penguin Press, New York, New York, 2006) provided a context for understanding why "organic," "local," and "biological" have … [Read more...] about Visionary Artist, Lin May Saeed, Focuses On The Human-Animal Relationship
