An artist biography can look simple on the page. Researching one is often a different matter. Dates may conflict. An early exhibition may appear in a family file but nowhere in published records. Letters, photographs, sketchbooks, catalogues, and other estate materials can add details that are missing from standard sources. The writing comes later. First,...
For most of painting’s history, a canvas was expected to describe something: a person, a place, an event. Abstract art broke that expectation. So, what’s an abstract painting? It is a painting that does not show the world exactly as it appears. Instead, abstract artists work directly in color, shape, line, and texture, treating the...
The Starting Point for Practical Advice. Decades should not have to pass before artists or their heirs consider practical strategies to preserve and promote a life’s work and archive. The Dumpster is not a legacy option. Therefore, the big question looms: To whom can artists or their heirs turn for advice? Discoveries in American Art...
Quogue Gallery is a delightful surprise because it is one the country’s most prominent art galleries to be situated in one of the country’s smallest towns. Quogue (founded in 1659) is located on the beaches of Southampton on Long Island’s South Shore. Its population is less than a thousand, but the village has been well-known...
