by Ann Landi | Jun 16, 2016 | Features
Vasari21 Goes to the Movies The new and already widely praised documentary about Eva Hesse, the subject of our podcast this week with director Marcie Begleiter, brought to mind the many films about artists made down through the years and inspired a mini-marathon of...
by Ann Landi | Jun 7, 2016 | Features
Fix That Website! Some tips on putting your best self forward Toward the end of my interview with curator Tricia Paik of the Indianapolis Museum of Art a few weeks back, we briefly touched on the subject of artist websites—what works and what doesn’t. Developing a...
by Ann Landi | Jun 1, 2016 | Under the Radar
Andrea Broyles There is a gentle mystery in all of Andrea Broyles’ work, whether on paper or canvas or in any number of sculptural mediums, from clay to resin. The art historian in me wants to relate her to Surrealism, but her realm of fantasy seems so much dreamier...
by Ann Landi | May 23, 2016 | Artist Essays
Reflecting on Vermeer By Riad Miah “Every work of art causes the receiver to enter into a certain kind of relationship both with him who produced, or is producing, the art, and with all those who, simultaneously, previously, or subsequently, receive the same artistic...
by Ann Landi | May 8, 2016 | Editor's Note
First Love and Irresistible Impulses Or the man who licked the Vermeer My first boyfriend, in college, always smelled of Ivory soap. It was a clean, innocent scent, like baby powder or shampoo, and therefore perhaps appropriate for young love. For years after we broke...