Return of an Old Friend
After a long and (for me) painful absence for conservation, Andrea del Sarto’s The Sacrifice of Isaac is once again on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art. del Sarto’s unfinished masterpiece…
New YouTube video about Jan van Goyen and the Dutch Golden Age
I published a new video on YouTube about the artist Jan van Goyen. As I’ve done with other videos, I used a painting in Cleveland’s Museum of Art as the…
Thomas Frontini at the William Busta Gallery
Yes, the Frontini show really is at the Busta Gallery. Frontini is not listed online among their stable, but I was there–I saw the show with my own eyes. Apparently Busta…
Artless by Michael Lind
In his article in The Smart Set, Michael Lind writes about how Millennials are disinterested in the fine arts: “…Trends in American painting ever since the plate paintings of Julian…
RIP Joseph O’Sickey
NE Ohio Joseph O’Sickey died Monday at the age of 94. I Reviewed his current show at The Bonfoey Gallery here.
Turpentine diaries 4/28/19
I planned on starting a podcast for a long time and today I finally got around to doing it. In the initial Turpentine diaries podcast, I talk about recovering a…
van Gogh Repetitions
I plan on visiting the Cleveland Museum of Art’s exhibition van Gogh Repetitions later today. It will be my third visit to see it. The show has a number of first rate…
Next YouTube video, Jacob van Ruisdael
I enjoyed preparing my last video so much, I am charged-up to do another. In my last video about Jan van Goyen, I mentioned his fellow Dutch Golden Ager, van…