Nancy Lamb’s RefiredPow!
Before she became internationally known for her eye-popping photorealist paintings of social settings, Nancy Lamb was quite a sculptor. Not only did the legendary...
Amon Carter’s Facelift
The transformation this summer of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, which closed the doors for three months, was worth waiting for.
For one,...
Developing Opportunities
The recent proliferation of digital photography coincided with renewed interest on the part of a handful of local photographers in the labor-intensive craft of...
Monet’s Late Years
Potential theory: Monet was obsessive-compulsive.
Nothing else explains how or why the legendary Impressionist spent just about every day of his latter years painting the...
Healing Art
When Jo Dufo retired from teaching art at Metro Opportunity High School last December, she assumed the programs would continue serving the at-risk students...
Multidisciplinary Storytelling
A key feature of Diane Durant’s creative process caught my attention as I stepped into her Monticello abode and work studio. In lieu of...
Stairway to Heaven
Early-’80s Madonna throws off a smoldering, over-the-shoulder look filled with youthful defiance. Debbie Harry tosses her Marilyn Monroe mane of bleached blonde hair back...
When a Cart in a Tree Is Art
I don’t have the academic equipment to articulate what makes art art, but I can mostly get behind the notion that art is whatever...
Gone Too Soon
It’s hard to keep a tally of how many basic artistic constructs and motifs are tweaked or altogether upended in Disappearing –– California c....
Walls and Boards
From stand-up comedy to vintage Neil Simon, from revivals of classics to a bevy of world premieres, this summer’s theater stages will come to...
