Subway Art for “City Dwellers”
“Living and working in New York for 20 years undoubtedly helped me mature as an artist and develop a visual language.” —Mark Hadjipateras (1953– ) New York has rewarded Mark […]
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Stained Glass Windows of St. Patrick’s
“The noblest temple ever raised in any land to the memory of Saint Patrick, and as the glory of Catholic America.” —Newspaper praise for St. Patrick’s Cathedral when it was […]
The Temple of Dendur: Colorful Again
“I am dying, Egypt, dying.” —Marc Antony (83 B.C.–30 B.C.) from 1606’s Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) By contrast, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) something is […]
‘Love’: Colorful, Steely, and Stacked
“Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.” —Robert Indiana (1928– ) On Valentine’s Day, we are celebrating love […]
It’s About Time
“For what is time? Who can readily and briefly explain this? Who can even in thought comprehend it, so as to utter a word about it?” —St. Augustine (AD 354–AD […]
Bryant Blooms
“To make these mandala images, I use a scanner like a large-format camera. I lay flowers directly onto it, allowing pollen and other flower stuff to fall onto the glass […]
Strawberry Fields Turns 30
Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace. —from Imagine by […]
Happy Birthday, Alice
“Curiouser and curiouser!” —Alice’s cry of wonder wandering in Wonderland, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) This year Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the beloved story for children […]
The Vanishing Vanderbilts
“The bits and pieces of history that chronicle the four-generation saga of the Vanderbilt Family are scattered everywhere like a broken string of pearls …” —from 1989’s Fortune’s Children by […]
‘P’ is for Plaza
“You follow me to the south side of Central Park, in front of The Plaza.” —Tom Buchanan, from The Great Gatsby Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) sets a pivotal scene in his […]
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