From the December 2019/January 2020 Issue
Birds in Art
Early artists document an avian world that has some members that are now in decline Artists love birds. Leonardo studied their flight, Picasso used the dove as a symbol of […]
From the October/November 2019 Issue
This Art Form Still Inspires Style Today
Ever since the mid-19th century, when ukiyo-e prints took Paris by storm, Westerners have been enchanted with this Japanese art form. Katsushika Hokusai’s The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is now […]
From the August/September 2019 Issue
A Tale of Two Houses
Lambert Castle and the Botto Residence tell opposite sides of a story In 1892, a Paterson, New Jersey millionaire named Catholina Lambert set out to build the mansion of his […]
From the June/July 2019 Issue
Simply Steampunk
The Morris Museum exhibits nostalgia for a long-lost future For all the light shining on it, the art world still has hidden layers. Poke beneath the surface and you uncover […]
From the April/May 2019 Issue
Making Their Marks
Young artists drawn to handmade notations Art has lots of buzzwords. Here’s a new one, at least to me: “mark making.” What does it mean? In the loosest sense, it’s […]
From the February/March 2019 Issue
Life Like
Sculptor Carolyn D. Palmer creates masterpieces in her Saddle River, New Jersey studio A bronze statue is one of those honors bestowed on the immortals or, at the very least, […]
From the December 2018/January 2019 Issue
Delacroix
European master gets his first major North American retrospective If you’re interested in the art of painting and want to spend some time with one of history’s greatest practitioners, […]
From the October/November 2018 Issue
The Art of the Phone
A selection of winners from the 2018 iPhone Photographer Awards Like most people nowadays, I take pictures with my smartphone. I can’t remember the last time I used a regular […]
From the August/September 2018 Issue
A Print Mystery
A Bergen County, NJ, woman’s search for an artist’s identity. Coral Petretti’s collecting obsession began more than 30 years ago. It was in the mid-1980s. She backed her car out […]