Latino Studies The pioneering Chicano artist Mel Casas recently passed away, marking an apropos moment for David S. Rubin to assess the... more
Ten Suggestions for a New Year The heck with New Year resolutions and ten-best lists. DeWitt Cheng offers a set of ten guidelines for the art-perplexed... more
Pop Art’s Enduring Life (Part I) Pop art, argues Matthew Kangas, is not only currently resurgent, it's influence on contemporary art is creating waves of... more
Chuck Close
Chuck Close has built a remarkable body of work around the face--not so much the portrait because these images... more
Betty Gold
The deceptively simple geometric sculpture of Betty Gold is in fact rooted in complexity. Flat sheets of stee... more
“The Heart is the Frame"
".. the heart is the amorous organ of repetition" wrote the philosopher Gilles Deleuze in "Difference and Repe... more
Hap Tivey
Hap Tivey's classic Light and Space work toys with viewers’ perception and how we process light emotionally and p... more
Travis Pond
"Northwest Wildlife" aptly describes the current assemblages of Travis Pond, who cuts up metal detritus in order to repu... more
Faces of Impressionism
Impressionist portrait works from Paris' Musee d'Orsay trace the movement's pictorial evolution with a dazzling human fa... more
