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...
by Ann Landi | Apr 22, 2016 | Under the Radar
Kate Petley Kate Petley’s glowing and lyrically reticent abstractions come about through a complex process that weds state-of-the-art digital with old-fashioned gestural painting, and sometimes it’s difficult to see where one leaves off and the other kicks...
by Ann Landi | Apr 14, 2016 | Features
Another Opening, Another Show Artists find this is a good time to regroup, decompress…or get back to work The opening, duration, and end of a gallery or museum show can be cause for anxiety, depression, obsession, elation, relief, and any number of other emotional...
by Ann Landi | Apr 11, 2016 | Under the Radar
Dora Dillistone “These are literal landscapes,” says Dora Dillistone of the works on paper that have been her focus for the past few years. “They’re made by the land and the elements and can never be repeated. I’m just the coordinator.”The artist “makes” each painting...
by Ann Landi | Apr 2, 2016 | Artist Essays
Sanctioned Spaces Living with the most important legacy of a famous father and his equally famous wife: the studios Robert Motherwell, my father, purchased our home the year I was born. My earliest recollection of entering his studio is when I was a toddler. We lived...