Focus On Architecture The Photography of Jon Rendell
Vienna Season with Opera and Ballet Barrie Kosky's Così fan tutte: A Cold Soufflé Nureyev's Swan Lake: Slightly Underbaked Renate Stendhal
Bad CopsRebel Ridge, Hit Man Corrupt police are a major plot device in two excellent but very different films on Netflix Miles David Moore
Christmastime In the City Broadway and Lancaster, PA There is nowhere more magical at Christmastime than New York City Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
Two Ordinaries Cleanliness like this is an absence. It is the dirt that strengthens our immune system, that gives our senses the textures they need to help us navigate the world. Michael Bettencourt
Actors by Design Nobelian playwright of the 20th century, and Fabian-Socialist-bon vivant, George Bernard Shaw said, in a paraphrased begetting sort of way: "Those who can, act and those who can't, teach." Arthur Danin Adler
Wha This is just a little thought experiment: I'm putting myself in somebody else's position for a second and running a conversation. Or more accurately, rerunning it. Claudine Jones
Willie's Picnic As of this writing, it is the midst of the Christmas season. But it's never too late to prepare for a 4th of July Picnic with Willie Nelson. Les Marcott
Through New Eyes I was amazed over and over by how bright the world was, how blue the sky and how white the clouds. It was literally like being given new eyes. Gregory Luce
First Notes Why have Americans always been so angry? It's a familiar narrative, one we all learned as kids in school. Patrick Walsh
Wicked Study in Good versus Bad Karren Alenier
Short Story on a Painting by Gustav Klimt
This month's poem about Gustav Klimt's painting The Kiss is from Lawrence Ferlinghetti's collection of ekphrastic poetry.
David Alpaugh
Sangiam Yarangsee เสงี่ยม ยารังษี His work conveys the impression of realistic art with large canvases that convey the beauty of landscapes in the northern part of Thailand Janine Yasovant
For the New Year: When This Series Was New Kandinsky's Theatre Life A Breathless Resume, Part 1: This piece answers questions I often get from people. Whether you were there when this series was new in 2019--or are new to Kandinsky beyond painting!--this is for you. Lissa Tyler Renaud
The Artist as Blind Seer: A New Perspective on de Chirico/ Part 4Perhaps the most important immediate predecessor to the Surrealists, who adopted and then abandoned him Brian George
writings
The Doorman Altenir Silva For five days a week, Felipo Catalunha, 45, an American of Colombian descent, embarks on 1 Train in a station Marble Hill–225th Street, Bronx to 79th Street station in Manhattan and walks until 202 West 81st Street on the Upper West Side, where he works as doorman.
imagery
The Various Elements of Parchesi with poem Checkmarks on a List for Eternity The Art of David Wiley
The Art of SS. Burrus A Retrospective
When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people will appear on the Earth
Patrick Nagel It's in the Eyes
media
Audio
Theatre Thoughts An entertaining array of audio essays on an array of theatre topics by an astute and entertaining essayist
You Don't Say! Occasional Musings by an occasionally amused writer
Video
Undress Me In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her, by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue
Light Fantastic Weighty matters of brain neurons and addiction, two kisses, single-malt scotch, the green dance of blue, yellow lasers
Ear Buds What happens when we love our devices — and they love us back
The Greed Gene A young couple is told by their genetic counselor that their child has the greed gene, there is nothing they can do
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What Is Art? January 2008|●
View of the Arts January 2007|●
The Art of Sex in the Arts February 2006|●
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Kandinsky Anew Index of the series by Lissa Tyler Renaud|●
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