by Ann Landi | Jan 29, 2016 | Under the Radar
Barbara Rachko Barbara Rachko’s first career was about as far from the world of art as you can get. The daughter of working-class parents in suburban New Jersey, she earned her private pilot’s license at the age of 25 and then spent seven years in the...
by Ann Landi | Jan 22, 2016 | Under the Radar
Mark Sheinkman When I first met Mark Sheinkman nearly 20 years ago, he was making drawings with limited means—graphite, charcoal, erasers, and paper—and that choice of the most basic of tools has not changed much in two decades. His works are still predominantly black...
by Ann Landi | Jan 21, 2016 | Features
Scams and Shams in the Art World: Part 2 The Bogus Biennial About a decade ago, in the wake of yet another failed romance, I decided to visit the Florence Biennale, an art extravaganza that has been in the works since 1997. A fellow art journalist was going, meeting...
by Ann Landi | Jan 20, 2016 | Artist Essays
On the Shoulders of Giants By Annie Shaver-Crandell “If I have seen further (than you and Descartes) it is by standing upon the shoulders of Giants.” Sir Isaac Newton, in a letter to Robert HookeI feel somewhat this way about being a painter after...
by Ann Landi | Jan 14, 2016 | Editor's Note
The States of Art WEEK FIVE | ANN LANDI As many of you are aware from postings on Facebook and elsewhere, I spent nearly two weeks in New York over the holidays, visiting the studios of as many Vasari21 members as I could fit into a crammed schedule. Most will be the...
