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Mural by graffiti artist Kenny Scharf on Bowery mural wall in NYC | Image source: whatshouldwedo.com

The Rise Of Graffiti Art

While the world grapples with fighting off coronavirus, the way we usually participate in the arts is changing. In-person gatherings at various shows and exhibitions are still impossible. However, we can still find ways to engage culturally and artistically while we respect important social distancing measures in order to stop the spread of this pandemic.…

(Cropped) Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets (1872) Édouard Manet | Image source: gohighbrow.com

Berthe Morisot And Radical Feminism

I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton Everyone is familiar with the great names of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley, and more. Many may not be aware that a woman named Berthe Morisot was one of the…

Wayne Thiebaud “Candies” 1965-1966, Oil on board | Image source: artsy.net

Wayne Thiebaud 100: Celebration Of Food And Life

I don’t like the term ‘artist.’ It is a term which I’m uncomfortable with, but I love the idea of being a cartoonist, a draftsman, a designer, a painter… – Wayne Thiebaud The three crucial things you need to know about Wayne Thiebaud are that: His last name is pronounced TEE-boh,He does not like to be…

Charging Bull vs. Fearless Girl: Artist’s Right to Intangible Power “My bull is a symbol for America. My bull is a symbol of prosperity and for strength." - Arturo Di Modica In December 1989, Arturo Di Modica with the help of a friend, without the proper permits or permission, placed a 3.5-ton bronze bull sculpture in Manhattan’s Financial District as a symbol of freedom and…

Art and Eroticism – Art and Nude Series: Part. 2 In Nudes, Prudes, and Attitudes, we ask: Why does art nudity occupy a special place in the cultural consciousness? Perhaps the fascination or rather, the tension we feel when faced with nudity in art is that many have a primal instinct to associate nakedness with eroticism. And that any nude body is always somehow a…

7 Controversial Artworks throughout History “Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.” – Yoko Ono It’s been said that true art is created to evoke emotion, positive or not. And over the centuries, that is exactly what some art has accomplished. Let’s take a look at 7 of the most controversial artworks that have shocked, amused, puzzled…

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Quest for Wrapping Christo began with his wrappings in the late 1950s when he would paint or wrap bottles and cans to oil barrels. By the summer of 1968, Christo and Jeanne-Claude gained international recognition with their 5,600 Cubicmeter Package, 60,277 sq ft inflated air package presented at the "Documenta IV" in Kassel, Germany. In a career that…

Story of Blue in Art “Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones…it will always stay blue; whereas yellow is blackened in its shades, and fades away when lightened; red when darkened becomes brown, and diluted with white is no longer red, but another color – pink.” – Raoul Dufy, French Fauvist Painter (1877…

Isamu Noguchi and His Art During Japanese Internment Camp “For one with a background like myself, the question of identity is very uncertain. And I think it’s only in art that it was ever possible for me to find any identity at all.” – Isamu Noguchi It’s been 75 years since President Franklin D. Roosevelt would sign Executive Order 9066 which relocated and incarcerated…