Jan 22, 2021 | Art, News & Trending
Kolam, sometimes known as Muggu, is a traditional form of geometric art from Sri Lanka and other parts of Southern Asia. Normally drawn in flour, sand, or powdered pigment on the ground in front of a home by the female family members, it is meant to welcome all into a...
Jan 15, 2021 | Art, Gallery, New York, News & Trending
While the Metropolitan Museum of Art was able to reopen after several months of prudent closure during the spring and summer of 2020, they’ve done so with reduced capacity, limited hours, and reservation requirements that mean that not everyone who wishes to...
Jan 5, 2021 | News & Trending, Profiles
Harumichi Shibasaki is 73 years old, a grandfather, and wears square little glasses and sweaters over button-downs. He is not what one pictures of a viral sensation. But the internet is full of surprises, and he is a delightful one. Shibasaki is a watercolor painter,...
Dec 9, 2020 | Art, News & Trending
For almost sixty years, the almost candid painting of the Holy Family has hung in a town hall in Brussels, in their urban-planning office. They knew the painting, in its gloomy colors and familial setting, was the work of Flemish Baroque master Jacques Jordaens, but...
Dec 8, 2020 | Art, News & Trending
It must have been a bit of a shock – the helicopter pilot and his handful of passengers were out somewhere in the Utah desert counting sheep (yes, it sounds like a joke, but it’s science). Poking into a red rock canyon to look for more of the bighorns, they...
