by Ann Landi | Aug 9, 2020 | Photography Portfolio
I have always loved New York by night. It’s the time of day when the city is at its most mysterious, lights spilling out of windows and doorways at oblique angles, headlights piercing the darkness, hints of movement and connection among figures silhouetted behind...
by Ann Landi | Jul 26, 2020 | Under the Radar
Though he has been painting and drawing them for years, James Deeb’s cast of ghoulish characters seem especially attuned to the present moment. Realized in thick impasto and often sickly color, they are bloated, demonic, smug, and menacing. They have obvious...
by Ann Landi | Jul 13, 2020 | Features
Why set oneself the task of watching all the movies about Vincent van Gogh available for streaming during this period of lockdown and self-isolation? I believe the initial suggestion came from Amazon Prime, way back in February, when the site proposed Robert Altman’s...
by Ann Landi | Jul 12, 2020 | Features
In those halcyon days when people could still meet easily in restaurants—possibly late February or early March—I caught up with my friend Michelle Cooke, who divides her time between New York and Taos, NM, in a quiet corner of a local eatery called El Sabroso. What we...
by Ann Landi | Jun 28, 2020 | Photography Portfolio
Elisa Decker’s photographs uncover the magic of the microcosm, the mysterious accidents awaiting discovery by the artist’s cunning eye. She has found enchanted landscapes in mud puddles and dreamlike worlds behind rain-streaked windows. In the images shown here, an...