American Arts
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In the Studio with Allison Malafronte
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In the Studio: Carlo Russo
June 2017Philadelphia-based artist Carlo Russo is known for his elegant, tasteful still... -
In the Studio: Vincent Xeus
May 2017Vincent Xeus recently expanded his studio from Napa Valley, California, to... -
In the Studio: Jennifer Gennari
April 2017In the six years since Jennifer Gennari finished her formal art education—she... -
In the Studio: Meredith Bergmann
Meredith Bergmann has been sculpting for more than forty years. During that... -
In the Studio: Jules Arthur
February 2017New York City-based artist Jules Arthur does more than paint people’s... -
In the Studio: Maria Kreyn
In the four years since I have talked with Maria Kreyn or seen her work, she... -
In the Studio: Leon Okun
This month’s In the Studio coverage comes from across the country in California... -
In the Studio: Richard Thomas Scott
There seems to be two approaches that artists can take when faced with world... -
In the Studio: Brendan Johnston and Katie...
Brendan Johnston and Katie Whipple are two young, talented artists who met... -
In the Studio: Sarah Lamb
Sarah Lamb has been a staple in the realist art community from the time... -
In the Studio: Catherine Prescott and...
Rural Pennsylvania—with its sprawling, unspoiled landscapes—is an ideal place... -
In the Studio: Amy Kann
Amy Kann—a Philadelphia-based sculptor who specializes in bas-relief—has been... -
In the Studio: Hollis Dunlap
Hollis Dunlap is an artist who other artists frequently discuss: his impressive... -
In the Studio: Mario Robinson
Mario Robinson—a realist painter from Point Pleasant, New Jersey, who is known... -
In the Studio: Max Ginsburg
Since the 1950s Max Ginsburg’s name has become synonymous with epic... -
In the Studio: Burton Silverman
Painting “real life” and the everyday struggles of the exploited and... -
Peter Van Dyck and Carolyn Pyfrom
Peter Van Dyck and Carolyn Pyfrom are two artists whose work I have admired... -
The Three Artists of the FAA U.S.A.
The Florence Academy of Art opened its first American campus in the New York...
Webcasts
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Audiocast Nelson Shanks
Audiocast Burt Silverman
Audiocast Richard T. Scott
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Audiocast Patricia Watwood
Audiocast Will Barnet
Audiocast Audrey Flack
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Audiocast Yvonne Jazquette
Audiocast Wolf Kahn
Audiocast William Bailey
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Audiocast Robert Proctor
Audiocast Milton Glaser
Audiocast Martha Mayer Erlebacher
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Audiocast Lois Dodd
Audiocast Linda Ferber
Audiocast Lani Irwin & Alan Feltus
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Audiocast Kevin Roche
Audiocast John Moore
Audiocast Gregory Hedberg
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Audiocast Frederick Turner
Audiocast Derriere Guard
Audiocast Catherine Manthorne
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Audiocast Barbara Novak
Audiocast Donald Kuspit
Audiocast Clem Labine
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Audiocast Gillian Pederson Krag
Audiocast Alexandra Tyng
Audiocast Simon Dinnerstein
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Audiocast Juliette Aristides
Audiocast Sigmond Abeles
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The WWI Memorial: An American Acropolis
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Featured Essay
Architects and artists see the world as image and build the world as image. As makers of images, they know that seeing and imagining are intimately related. Although seeing concerns objects that are external to the mind and imagining pertains to objects inside the mind, both acts merge freely in the imaginal lives of artists and architects as they simultaneously set to sculpt their forms, shape their artistic...
Blog Posts
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Climapocalypse Now: Heffernan at the...
Last November, on one of those perpetually cool...
Serious Fun at Grand Central Atelier...
When I walked into the unassuming entrance of the... -
The Endless Summer: Fischbach's...
While New York City’s renowned Fischbach Gallery...
A Colorful Life: Barbara Prey paints...
The moment Barbara Ernst Prey applies a... -
“Tête-à-Tête”: Portraits at Allan Stone...
by Gail Leggio
Portraiture is an ancient and durable...
Infinite Depths
Peter Polites’s oceanscapes and landscapes are... -
Tony Curanaj "Echoes and Endeavors...
by Gail Leggio
Tony Curanaj’s (b. 1973) exhibition (November 19–...
In the Studio with Allison: Michael Klein...
A visit to the East Harlem shared studio of... -
In Memoriam: Nelson Shanks, 1937 –2015
Nelson Shanks Dies at 77
The New Poetic Voice
I have attended enough summer writing workshops,... -
Douglas Cooper: Picturing the City
by Gail Leggio
Bridges, perhaps the most graceful and...
The Other Russian Revolution
Years before the real Russian Revolution, there... -
Augustus by John Williams. New York: New...
by Gail Leggio
A good historical novelist must balance fidelity...
The Write Place: Understanding the prose...
The two professors enter the classroom and sit... -
Into the Woods: Santiago Cal’s sculptures...
The basswood trees from which Santiago Cal...
Women, Loved and Observed
In “Loved and Observed,” a new show at Hersh Fine... -
Fran Beallor: A-Self-Portrait-a-Day 2010
Over the course of the year 2010, the painter...
Staring into the Abyss: New York's...
This year’s Downtown Art Fair allowed you to... -
The Big Picture
“The Big Picture,” an exhibition of seven huge...
Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and...
Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive... -
Julia Margaret Cameron: The Passionate...
by Gail Leggio
A compact show of Julia Margaret Cameron’s lovely...
The View from Here: The Civil War
A visit to “Photography and the American Civil... -
The Met Goes Punk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “...
Sicily: The Conqueror Conquered
by Gail Leggio
The lure of Sicily comes partly from nature—a... -
Framing Nature
by Gail Leggio
What could be more natural than a landscape? And...
An Inside Look at the Outside
Think of it as a riddle. What’s the difference... -
Caravaggio: The Dialogue between Darkness...
by Gail Leggio
Caravaggio is the greatest of the Counter...
Size Matters
How effective can a work of art be when it’s... -
The Book of Ours
The Met's bulletin of recent acqusitions shows us...
The Grownups' Guide to Beatrix Potter
“Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters,” which was ... -
Revisiting Naturalism
If you didn’t happen to be in Amsterdam or...
Fanfare for the Common Man: The Frick...
The Comtesse and the Marchesa, the Earl and the... -
Well-Versed In Life: Mary Oliver's...
Mary Oliver is not afraid to use certain words....
Lost in the Galleries
I had an almost wonderful visit to the Brooklyn... -
The Gold Standard: Restoring the luster...
Although there is no record of Norman Rockwell...
How to Be a Plein-Air Painter - Some...
You are a painter. One lovely summer day, an... -
Unveiling a Masterpiece
In England, posh women still wear hats,...
Events
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Self-Portrait at Eleventh Street Arts: through June 20th, 2017
20 Apr - 20 Jun, 2017
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The Armory Show
Mar 2 - 5, 2017
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Small Wonders: New Mexico Museum of Art
7 Oct, 2016 - 12 Mar, 2017
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Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau
14 Jul, 2016
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Depicting the Hero in Art: Then and Now
30 Mar, 2012
Galleries
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Greylock Gallery
Tracy Helgeson
Gerald Peters Gallery
Survey of American Realism
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Bernaducci Meisel Gallery
Max Ferguson
Imago Galleries
Photorealism in the Desert
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Gallery Henoch
Currents: Chris Armstrong
George Billis Gallery
Danny Heller