Nadine Waldmann

Giotto's weeping angels started my love affair with art history. Seattle, WA based.

Stories By Nadine Waldmann

21st century

Counting Memories, Chiharu Shiota Installation in Katowice

By Nadine WaldmannFebruary 6, 2020

Counting Memories (Sept 7, 2019 – Oct 4, 2020) is a current, site-specific, large scale installation by Chiharu Shiota at the Muzeum Śląskie (Silesian Museum) in Katowice, Poland. A striking and powerful work, we were able...
Cats

Maneki Neko – Those Lucky Cats (NSFW)

By Nadine WaldmannDecember 12, 2019

We’ve all seen those jovial, happy cat figurines in Asian restaurants and shops. Sitting upright with their raised paw, smiling face and trademark bell and bib, Maneki Neko (in Japanese 招き猫, “beckoning cat”) have symbolized all...
Contemporary Art

Billie Bond’s Kintsugi: The Crack Is Where the Light Gets in

By Nadine WaldmannOctober 30, 2019

Kintsugi (金継ぎ translates as “gold joinery”) is a Japanese art form and philosophy of repairing broken or cracked pottery with gold or silver colored lacquer. Unlike normal methods of repair, the “damage” is not camouflaged or...
20th century

100 Years of Bauhaus. It’s Dance Time: The Triadic Ballet

By Nadine WaldmannOctober 5, 2019

2019 celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus. Widely known for their iconic design and contributions to the art world, Bauhaus concepts also extended into dance. Not as well known as their crafts, the dances nevertheless, encompassed the...
Cinema

Through Scissors and Shadows: The Art and Films of Lotte Reiniger

By Nadine WaldmannAugust 31, 2019

Late one night while struggling with a bit of insomnia, I was channel surfing. I came across a stunning and hypnotic, silent, animated film that was so enthralling, I easily stayed awake to finish it. The...
dailyart

Turquoise: Art, Culture and Myth of a Gemstone

By Nadine WaldmannJuly 27, 2019

The bright blue-green Turquoise has been valued and revered for centuries by all the cultures around the world that had access to it. Several original sources of the stone are now long gone, having been mined...
Baroque

Wishes & Streams: Trevi Fountain in Rome

By Nadine WaldmannJuly 4, 2019

With another heat wave hitting Europe this summer, I was reminded of my visit to Rome during the last heat wave with crowds clamoring around fountains and spouts around the city. The most crowded and famous...
19th Century

The Beginning of a New World at Kröller-Müller Museum

By Nadine WaldmannJune 20, 2019

The Beginning of a new World: The Development of Modern Sculpture is the newest exhibition at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands. It pays tribute to the unique vision and incredible sculptural acquisitions of Bram Hammacher,...
Ancient

Pentelic Splendour: The Erechtheion Caryatids

By Nadine WaldmannJune 3, 2019

I visited Athens, Greece in the summer of 2016. Naturally a visit to the Acropolis was mandatory, and it was as beautiful and epic as you can imagine. One of the most striking sights was the...
Artists' Stories

A Song and a Prayer – Croatia’s Ivan Mestrovic

By Nadine WaldmannApril 23, 2019

My favorite thing about Instagram is coming across new art and artists – scrolling and finding things that excite you and catch your eye. A page I follow posted a photo of Ivan Mestrovic’s Vestalka (Vestil...