by Ann Landi | Dec 24, 2018 | Features, Uncategorized
And what exactly does a “private dealer” do? When I heard early in the summer that the venerable Cheim & Read gallery in Chelsea was closing its doors to transition to “private practice,” my heart sank a little. The low-key establishment on West 25th...
by Ann Landi | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized, Under the Radar
It’s a rare artist who finds her medium and her methods early and then sticks with them, with little deviation, for more than four decades. But so it was for Susan Schwalb, who discovered the art of drawing with silverpoint in 1973 and never looked back. She was...
by Ann Landi | Dec 3, 2018 | Features, Uncategorized
No one claims it’s easy, but it is possible to combine two of the world’s oldest callings: artist and mother Way back in the 1980s, in the era of linebacker shoulder pads and dressing for success, I worked on a short-lived publication that billed itself as...
by Ann Landi | Oct 29, 2018 | Features, Uncategorized
When Margery Amdur was invited this fall to build an installation in a gallery at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN, the Philadelphia-based artist envisioned an immersive environment that would draw on the many interests she’s pursued over the years. Probably...
by Ann Landi | Oct 21, 2018 | Features, Uncategorized
Thirteen Who Head for the Open Air…in Spite of the Challenges Artists in significant numbers first took to the great outdoors to work in natural surroundings and more accurately transcribe the effects of light nearly 200 years ago, following the example of...
