At a time of deep isolation like ours, letter writing offers a breakthrough to a special closeness as shown in the book “Artists’ Letters: Leonardo da Vinci to David Hockney.”
Artblog’s Andrea Kirsh visits the African American Museum in Philadelphia’s current group show, curated by A. M. Weaver. Featuring 5 black women artists whose works use the image and the idea of nature to address the innermost self, “Gardens of the Mind: Echoes of the Feminine View” is on view through January 18, 2018.