Category Archives: Art

The Irish invasion has come to the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard). Curator, writer, artist, educator and Dubliner, Paul O’Neill, has been named new director of the graduate program for its two-​​​​year Master of Arts program in … Continue reading →

Stepping through the door of P·P·O·W Art Gallery at 535 W 22nd St. is an immediate “Wow” moment. The walls facing the entrance of the first gallery are covered in wallpaper of dinner-​​​​plate size dandelions on a deep black background on which … Continue reading →

There are two sides to the art world: one of artists, solely driven by creative energy, who long for recognition by the other side — that of gallery owners, curators and art collectors. For many well-​​​​heeled collectors, art is an investment, a tangible … Continue reading →

  “Often, when we pose our gaze to an art image, we have a forthright sensation of paradox. What reaches us immediately and straightaway is marked with trouble, like a self-​​​​evidence that is somehow obscure.”  Georges Didi-​​​​Huberman, Confronting Images, 2005. What is … Continue reading →

Don’t miss this compelling exhibit representing artists from as far away as California and New Orleans and including some of the Hudson Valley’s most renowned artists. These works of art reflect each individual artist’s rare insight into the creatures who … Continue reading →

Despite being the largest country in West Africa and sharing borders with no less than seven neighbors, most Americans would have a hard time locating Mali on a map. But this month, January 2013, Mali is suddenly in the news as radical … Continue reading →

When the work of Paul Klee was criticized for resembling scribbles of a mere child, he shot back high praise for the raw, uninhibited creativity youngsters could freely unleash. His greatest hope was that his art could be as good as … Continue reading →

Painting with hot beeswax is as old as legend. As far back as the 5th century B.C., the Greeks used wax painting for numerous applications including mummy portraits, coloring white marble slabs of buildings and to decorate war ships. But … Continue reading →