Showing this week at Masterpiece London art fair, the titles of Anila Quayyum Agha’s two immersive light installations, ‘This Is Not a Refuge’ and ‘A Beautiful Despair’, don’t seem to promise an optimistic vision. But the works that all visitors will see at the entrance to the fair as part of the Masterpiece Presents program … Read more
We can report that London’s National Gallery is set to organize what it boldly calls “the most spectacular of all time” Van Gogh exhibition. As announced by The art newspaper Scheduled from October 2024 to January 2025, yesterday’s show will culminate in the gallery’s 200th anniversary celebrations. The exhibition presents Van Gogh’s work from the … Read more
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When Virginia Johnson and her husband Louis Trochatos were property-hunting a little over a decade ago, she saw a garden as just an appendage to a house. Her husband felt the same way. “None of us were gardeners,” says the fashion designer and artist. The outdoor area that belonged to her Toronto home was only … Read more
From afar, they look like things you’d see hanging in the damp of a jungle: bulbous, hanging structures that could spew something horrific. Step closer and you’ll be caught by the fluid complexity of her construction – thousands of tiny links of wire tangled together like chain mail to create worlds within worlds, void within … Read more
Placeholder when loading item promotions Fragile Beauty’s environmental and social justice themes are expressed primarily with paint, ink, and pixels, but some of the 33 Washington artists in this juried exhibition at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ I Street Galleries work with materials that can be commissioned with the import. Gloria Vasquez … Read more
Placeholder when loading item promotions In Baz Luhrmann’s new film, which dramatizes the life and career of Elvis Presley, a young Elvis looks into a juke bar in his hometown of Tupelo, Miss., and his jaw drops. Inside, Arthur “Big Boy” sings Crudup while a man and woman dance together, their bodies in sync. Elvis … Read more
Grilling isn’t just a summertime rite for suburban dads — it’s for anyone who loves to get outside and enjoy the smoky, crispy sear of meat, veggies, and fruit. But cooking over a flame can be intimidating for even the most experienced home cook. There’s something that feels a little risky! Don’t worry, if you’re … Read more
All images in this piece are from Images for Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas by Peter Blake © Courtesy of the artist/Waddington Custot (2) Combining pictorial and literary expression, the artist’s book is a wonderful alchemy – mysterious, unpredictable, beyond conventional illustration. It is one of the great forms of collaboration of the past … Read more
“],”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> Fellow hikers invariably laughed when I told them I was going to do it Florida trail Beginning of the year. Some friends had sworn it never to do the 1,100-mile hike notorious for long walks on tarmac, surprising encounters with wildlife and dogs that love to hunt. Those who did giggled and sighed before … Read more