Published in PULPMAG·Oct 3, 2019Member-onlyPhotographer Elizabeth Heyert On The Madonna-Whore Complex“It’s about the reality of being a woman. You know what the world expects, what the future will bring if you don’t act accordingly.”Photography8 min readPhotography8 min read
Oct 13, 2018Member-onlyCarrying the Weight of Genocide Through PhotographyHow one photographer has investigated the extent of human trauma. At first glance, The Blue Skies Project seems to be an artful contemplation of atmospheric serenity. …Holocaust7 min readHolocaust7 min read
Oct 4, 2018Member-onlyHow to Promote Wellbeing Through Art, According to a Museum TherapistWithin one of Canada’s largest cultural institutions, a team of counselors is working toward fostering a safe and inclusive community space in which art is a catalyst for wellness and healing. Canadian art therapist Stephen Legari helms one of the world’s most progressive museum ventures. Using art’s cathartic properties, Legari…Art4 min readArt4 min read
Oct 3, 2018Paintings By Forgotten Artist Vivian Springford Stun in New YorkExalted stains bleed out across Vivian Springford’s technicolor canvases in New York City, where 13 of the mid-century artist’s contemplative compositions are resurrected after decades of undue obscurity. On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a series of large, brightly lit acrylic paintings hangs in Almine Rech Gallery. Each composition conjures the…Art3 min readArt3 min read
Apr 26, 2018Member-onlyWhere Have All the New York Diners Gone?Diners have seen a 60 percent decline in the past 25 years due to rising rent costs and discerning millennial palettes. — On a downtown street corner saturated with the shadowy azures of vacant storefronts, a late-night diner hosts three nocturnal customers. …Food9 min readFood9 min read
Published in The Omnivore·Apr 4, 2018Member-onlySculpting the Weird and Wonderful Human FormStep right up — you are cordially invited to gawk, gaze and recoil at a wealth of bodies, both alluring and grotesque. — The Met Breuer has entered unchartered territory with Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body (1300-Now). …Art4 min readArt4 min read
Published in The Omnivore·Mar 1, 2018How Thomas Cole’s Foreign Roots Made Him an American Art StarThe Met’s new survey explores the grandeur of Thomas Cole’s pastoral oeuvre. — Credited with founding the mid-19th-century landscape art movement known as the Hudson River School, Thomas Cole’s (1801–1848) romantic oeuvre is one of unbridled pastoral grandeur. …Art5 min readArt5 min read
Published in The Omnivore·Feb 23, 2018The Artist Resurrecting Forgotten ObjectsIn a complex practice of bricolage, Vietnamese-born Danish artist Danh Vo assembles historical objects to re-present their disjointed narratives as contemporary artworks. Old letters, textiles, and pieces of furniture inhabit the Guggenheim’s expansive rotunda for Vo’s mid-career survey titled Take My Breath Away; but the 100-odd bits and pieces on…Art5 min readArt5 min read
Published in The Omnivore·Feb 22, 2018How a Humble Cemetery Sweeper Created a Mosaic MasterpieceRaymond Isidore spent nearly 30 years forging his House of a Million Pieces. — It was 1938 when a few bits of shattered crockery lying in a field caught Raymond Isidore’s eye. The discovery sparked a revelation for the graveyard attendant, whose subsequent penchant for collecting ceramic fragments would lead him to embellish his home from floor to ceiling, inside and out with exquisite…Travel3 min readTravel3 min read
Published in The Omnivore·Feb 19, 2018Digging for Meaning in a Soho Loft Filled with DirtExploring Walter De Maria’s ‘New York Earth Room’ — A renewed longing for sublime beauty would foster the 18th-century concept of the Picturesque. …Art4 min readArt4 min read
