by Ann Landi | Jun 19, 2017 | Under the Radar
As a child in Belgium, Raphaëlle Goethals had the good fortune to be exposed to the great museums of Europe and to the Late Gothic and Northern Renaissance masterworks in her native city of Brussels. “My mom would take us all over the place and whether you like it or...
by Ann Landi | Jun 11, 2017 | Vasari21 Radio
Eric Gibson The Overexposed Museum and other Dilemmas in the Art of our Times SoundCloud Facebook In his more than three decades as a critic, Eric Gibson has seen some seismic shifts in the art world—from an “art for art’s sake” culture to one in which art is...
by Ann Landi | Jun 11, 2017 | Features
Why read two Diane Arbus biographies back to back? Because, after finishing Arthur Lubow’s recent life of the photographer, published a year ago, I found myself so annoyed with his detached and bloodless recitation of Arbus’s life that I turned to other reviewers to...
by Ann Landi | Jun 11, 2017 | Under the Radar
In 2011-2012, Carol Hepper spent a year-long residency at Park Avenue Armory, the venerable 19th-century building on New York’s Upper East Side that once served as home to an elite military regiment. The landmark was undergoing extensive renovations as part of its...
by Ann Landi | Jun 4, 2017 | Features
The ins and outs of making your life and work a public affair When I first broached the topic of open studios to several Vasari 21 members, some said, “No way. I don’t want a lot of lookee-loos traipsing through my private spaces.” Or “I’m at the point where I have...
