by Ann Landi | Jan 16, 2017 | Under the Radar
James Austin Murray’s recent six- by six-foot paintings are made using the most basic of means: ivory black oil paint, a canvas and wood-panel support, and wallpaper brushes—up to nine affixed to a long handle. But the surface effects are far from simple, and indeed...
by Ann Landi | Jan 9, 2017 | Features
Getting the Most from Your Posts When a friend urged me to start posting on Instagram a few months ago, I immediately balked. I was already uploading a Vasari21 Pic of the Day to Facebook, pinning stuff to Pinterest, sending out weekly bulletins and updates, and...
by Ann Landi | Jan 9, 2017 | Under the Radar
Alison Berry’s recent paintings resemble maps of unknown and fantastical places, enchanted worlds that incorporate beasts both ancient and modern, floor plans for eccentric structures, buildings that look lifted from Quattrocento paintings, lush trees and plants—along...
by Ann Landi | Dec 24, 2016 | Vasari21 Radio
Anne Umland on Francis Picabia at the Museum of Modern Art: “Extreme Freedom” SoundCloud Facebook The elusive, prolific, and provocative Francis Picabia has been almost lost in the shuffle of art history. A lifelong friend of Marcel Duchamp, Picabia started his career...
by Ann Landi | Dec 19, 2016 | Features
A brief memoir of catering, art-history classes, and friendship For part of my junior year in college I lived off campus with one of my best friends, Kate, a woman thirteen years older than myself, and in many ways a kind of big-sister to me (since I had none). Kate...
