In the first week of the Tokyo 2020 Olympiad, there were dramatic moments on the tracks and off the mats.…
Last week in The Original Olympians we talked about the prominence of mythology in art history. We began a look…
O’Keeffe first visited New Mexico in 1917. In 1929 she returned with an artist friend; they stayed and had studios…
Georgia O’Keeffe was born to dairy farmers in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, in 1887. She already wanted to be an artist…
What makes a great painting? Sometimes it is the technical skill of the artist (Mona Lisa), sometimes an innovative technique…
Today’s post moves us from visual art to design as expressed in architecture. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects…
Today’s story takes place over 500 years. It’s about a very old painting, its twisted provenance, disputes at every turn,…
Portraits have always been a big part of painting. Before the 1830’s portraiture was the way to record what someone…
Lithographs, serigraphs, etchings…all describing types of prints. With so many techniques and materials used to make prints, figuring out what…
Years ago a school district superintendent put the Broad Foundation in touch with me about The Broad Academy. The Academy…