“As the technological world closes in, many humans find themselves pulled toward the natural world. The ways these artists depict creatures, both real and imaginary, reveals the deep and innate catharsis of humans’ relationships with animals. This work is a Read More …

“A Long Island City development project’s scaffolding has slowly crept into the skyspace of James Turrell’s New York installation, “Meeting” (1980–86) at MoMA PS1. Excising an aperture from the museum’s ceiling, the Light and Space pioneer’s project is framed by undulating Read More …

“As a psychologist who has dealt with overthinking on both a personal and professional level, I can definitively confirm: it sucks. It steals time and energy, and rarely produces anything worthwhile. And by exhausting you in the process, it makes Read More …

“Why are garden-variety art aficionados allowed to cry in front of a Mark Rothko painting without being judged while rich people are mocked for their teary embrace of a Hirst? Why is the myth of the reclusive art genius so Read More …

“Color is heavy. Color lacks fear. Color reveals and color hides. Truth can be found through color.  I have no expertise in color theory. Yet color dominates my life. I use my instincts with color. Color uses its instincts with Read More …

“This show explores the use of artistic license when using color to express moods and experiences of the Natural World.” View it.

At The Cantor Center. Well worth your time… “Amongst the first generation in his native Ivory Coast to be formally taught how to write, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré was inspired to translate the Bété oral language into written form. This artist, Read More …

“Saying Celmins is best known for photorealistic paintings and drawings of natural environments and phenomena is like saying Cézanne is best known for paintings and drawings of apples and mountains. For these two artists, meaning rests not in the subject Read More …

“After almost a half-century of fighting the art establishment for recognition, Robert Cenedella finally had his day in court on Monday, December 17. Appearing before Judge John G. Koeltl of New York’s Southern District, the outsider artist’s lawyers argued that Read More …

“In a double rainbow, the colors on the secondary bow appear in reverse. (From “Wonder, the Rainbow, and the Aesthetics of Rare Experiences,” by Philip Fisher Never mind that this fact has been observed by human eyes, my own included, Read More …