The Lansdowne Heracles at the Getty Villa
Heracles (or Hercules) is perhaps the most frequently depicted hero in Greek and Roman art. This sculpture from approximately 125 CE, known as the...
Maya M. Tola 29 December 2022
Heracles (or Hercules) is perhaps the most frequently depicted hero in Greek and Roman art. This sculpture from approximately 125 CE, known as the...
Maya M. Tola 29 December 2022
This seems to be the perfect painting depicting a nice memory of a summer vacation. It is titled Ocean Breezes and was painted by Edward Henry...
Alexandra Kiely 29 December 2022
Xaviera Simmons: Crisis Makes a Book Club at the Queens Museum in New York (open until March 5, 2023) is an expansive solo exhibition of recent work...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 22 December 2022
As a child of the Great Migration, Jacob Lawrence was well placed to undertake such a mammoth task in detailing the journey from the rural South that...
Wendy Gray 18 December 2022
Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was a true world traveler. In his lifetime, Church visited the Arctic, Mexico, South...
Alexandra Kiely 13 December 2022
Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, Old St. Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Papa Noel, Weihnachtsmann. Whatever your culture is, he is a man of many...
Rachel Witte 6 December 2022
Today is Saint Nicholas Day, a holiday children across the world love because they get little treats if they are good (look up the Dutch version of...
Magda Michalska 6 December 2022
Various illustrated depictions of the old St. Nicholas, or Bishop of Myra, have existed for centuries, bringing to life his story. Yet, in the end,...
Maria Frazzoni 6 December 2022
Photographer Ed Wheeler has been dressing up as Santa Claus for years and posing in hilarious compositions. He started over 20 years ago with...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 December 2022
This season’s crop of museum exhibitions around New York City includes the highly-anticipated retrospective of Linda Goode Bryant’s experimental...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 5 December 2022
In the first quarter of the 20th century, the Harlem region of New York City witnessed an unprecedented artistic production. Later called the Harlem...
Merve Parla 26 November 2022
Nick Cave activates our imaginations with his tangible soundsuit sculptures, soulful dance performances and whimsical installations.
Marga Patterson 26 November 2022