“Emma Amos: Color Odyssey” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is a revelation for those who want to know the art of Emma Amos, who came up during Abstract Expressionism’s heyday and fought against abstraction in works that are complex, inventive and in several cases, stunning.
Read MoreDereck Stafford Mangus reflects on moving from Boston to Baltimore, and into a building clad in Formstone. Dereck compares Formstone’s shaped-stucco facades to art forgeries, calling them “urban kitsch.” But he’s learned to appreciate them as part of what makes Baltimore …Baltimore!
Read MoreDereck Stafford Mangus reviews “The Art of Looking at Art,” a guide book by Gene Wisniewski. Dereck says skillfully unpacks otherwise cryptic art history and art theory materials, and that the book is a valuable asset for ‘art novices’ and art historians alike.
Read MoreOur Paris correspondent, Matthew Rose, continues his stateside journey through the West Coast, reporting on the Seattle Art Fair and the Western ambiance he found in some of the art in that Pacific coast city.
Read MoreA stealth contemporary art work is nestling inside the very core of the Picasso and the Avant-Garde exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Virgil Marti’s pouf, aka Sigmund, sits in a place of honor–dead center in the beautiful terra cotta red salon room that replicates the 1912 Salon d’Automne. Sigmund is meant for reclining.
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