Up close and personal with Italian cities during
the Covid-19 pandemic: National Identity and Diversity.
A “virtual” opportunity for art criticism.
As I make my way down the spiral walls of the Guggenheim in New York, I stop to observe the flowing brushstrokes of Van Gogh’s Mountains at Saint-Rémy. … I’m alone. Alone with the hundreds or thousands of IP addresses perusing the museum’s online art offering. I’m not so lonely after all.
Album Review: Sam Smith’s Love Goes is all about breakups and coming to terms with their sexual identity
Sam Smith’s melodiously exceptional voice begins their latest album Love Goes with a spiritual introduction to a new romance-filled record. “They’re watching me, judging me, making me feel so used,” they belt out in Young, religiously singing a cappella intensified only by the digitally created reverb effect.
Movie Review: Ryan Murphy’s latest contribution to Netflix brings “The Boys in the Band” from the Broadway stage to our home
When in 1968 “The Boys in the Band” first hit the Off-Broadway stage, it roused such feeling of discomfort in viewers – both LGBTQ and heterosexual – that it potentially contributed to the Stonewall riots in 1969 and the Gay Liberation movements of the 70s. The impact of this provocative story is still powerful today, in its on-screen rendition, recently released on Netflix.
Book Review: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun
Disaster locations have long attracted international tourism. Pompeii, Hiroshima, or Chernobyl are just a few of the notorious locations affected by calamities – natural or man-made. After an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear powerplant meltdown in 2011 Fukushima became well-known. The city of Wuhan is today intrinsically linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tribeca’s promising art scene interrupted by Covid-19
Tribeca has long been a home for artists and other celebrities, but it’s only been within the last couple of years that the neighborhood’s storefronts have begun filling with artworks. Now, however, the gallery openings and new shows there have been interrupted by the global pandemic that has put the entire art world on hold.
An Artist’s New Landscape
Skye Ferrante held a one-man vigil in front of the Museum of Modern Art, in Manhattan, to highlight how important it is to remind people that during the pandemic — as institutions, galleries, and art spaces close, and art becomes superfluous, artists face a dire financial future.
The Need for Art in the days of COVID-19
As COVID-19 hit Italy, locally institutions rushed to find solutions to ensure people would still have access to arts. Arts play a fundamental role in providing creative outlook, beauty, and positivity to its viewers.
New York City’s Concrete Art House on Madison
The inverted stack of cement blocks stood over my head in what I felt was a precarious manner; it alarmed me but at the same, it drew me in…