September — October 2021 In Paris and Washington D.C., the Autumn of 2021 presented two memorials that reflected the process of memory, struggle and loss — most recently due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On September 18th after 60 years of planning, Christo and Jeanne-Claude posthumously unveiled “L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped…

A review Jasper Johns is America’s Vitruvian Man who moves freely within the scope of an intersecting square and circle. For over 60 years, his paintings and prints have reflected an ongoing examination of self that has emerged when seen in juxtaposition to art historical masterpieces and more contemporary wartime…

A Review — While walking through “Cézanne Drawing” at the Museum of Modern Art, page after page of the artist’s sketchbooks unfold across several rooms. Dark, hand-drawn lines oscillate between gray, silver and black tones while silhouettes of objects such as apples, oranges, flower-filled vases and stationary models unfurl and unwind before one’s…

at The Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s survey of paintings by Alice Neel titled People Come First is stunning. Several rooms on the museum’s second floor contain numerous figurative paintings and portraits made by an artist whose vibrant color palette provided the way in to every one of her pieces. …

Art as Experience at l’Atelier des Lumières in Paris — A common desire directed toward painting is the wish for the ability to connect directly with the material through an imaginative window of nostalgia. Although this is the memory of a time that has never existed, historic paintings typically bring these moments to life, as seen in the 2017 movie…

An Interview with Gigi Garner — When the pandemic brought daily life to an eerie stand-still, a flare of creativity started brewing in West Hollywood, California. Gigi Garner was on her way to discover something new, to keep the lights on at her newly-established non-profit that had only been open for a year. You may have…

A Review Goya’s Graphic Imagination curated by Mark McDonald is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and presents over 100 drawings and prints that reflect the expressions of an independent mind whose charisma evokes those Aristotelian feelings of pity and fear. Although Franciso Goya became the court…

A Film Review Based on Nico Walker’s 2018 novel of the same name, Cherry drops viewers into a series of flashpoints that emerge from one man’s return to the center of the opioid crisis in Cleveland, Ohio. Starring Tom Holland as Cherry, Ciara Bravo as Emily and directed by Anthony…

A Film Review — Set in the late 1940s, The United States vs. Billie Holiday begins in the quiet offices of journalist Reginald Lord Devine (played by Leslie Jordan) who interviews Billie Holiday (played by Andra Day) about her song “Strange Fruit” that had remained controversial from the start due to its slow-sung details…