Category Archives: Art

The history of art, like all history, is full of those who were successful and influential in their day, but whose influence for one reason or another, perhaps no reason that anyone can pinpoint, did not outlive its period. Painter … Continue reading →

Thanks to the calendar, the changing of the [art] guard happened late this month with the first Friday and the first Saturday falling on March 7 and 8. Nevertheless there is a lot of exceptional work on show all over the Hudson … Continue reading →

Malick Sidibé (born 1936) is a photographer from the West African country of Mali―he is celebrated internationally for his portraits and candid photographs from the early 1950s to the mid-​​​​1970s that bear witness to the social, cultural, and political transformation of … Continue reading →

THE 2013 ANNUAL “5 by 7″ SHOW — HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER PREVIEW PARTY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013, 5:00 — 7:00 PM All work is restricted to 5 inches by 7 inches in size and is exhibited anonymously, a playful way to give an equal voice to all and … Continue reading →

Having been hammered by Hurricane Irene in 2011 we, in the Hudson Valley, were more than a little apprehensive about Super Storm Sandy last year. Our great relief when Sandy turned out to be a storm in a teacup for us, was matched … Continue reading →

Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg has been covering Afghanistan since 1988, when he accompanied a group of mujahideen crossing the border from Pakistan as part of an assignment for Time. Since then, he has returned regularly to document the unending conflict in that … Continue reading →

Anonymous, an exhibition of contemporary Tibetan art presented by The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York, New Paltz, will feature over 50 works of painting, sculpture, installation, and video art created by 27 artists … Continue reading →

If it hadn’t been for a man called Bolton Brown, the legend that became Woodstock might well have been located in the Carolinas instead of the Catskills. Bolton Brown was a highly respected artist and teacher; a devotee of the English painter, art … Continue reading →