by Ann Landi | Jul 29, 2018 | Under the Radar
By the time he was twelve, Robert Parker had discovered his twin passions in life. Having read about Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and other master builders as a kid, he determined on architecture as a career. But he was drawn to the visual arts as well and...
by Ann Landi | Dec 18, 2017 | Features
Even the most famous artists torch, shred, and otherwise annihilate works that don’t seem up to snuff In 1967, Agnes Martin began seeking out her earlier works with the intention of destroying everything she could find. That was about ten years after she had...
by Ann Landi | May 2, 2016 | Features
By the Book Artists Tell Us About Their Favorites The very first art books I remember reading (or perhaps just looking at with awe and wonder) were part of the series called “Metropolitan Seminars in Art,” written by the critic John Canaday. Each slender gray volume...