Final Thoughts on Donald Trump
Richard Speer hopes this will be his final time to consider the bottomless vat of infantile narcissism who has disgraced this nation on the more...

Flag Art Pinpoints Differences
The flag has long been a serious aesthetic device in art, no less today. These artists use it to highlight the gulf between Joe Biden and D more...

VAS Endorsement for President
VAS endorses Joseph R. Biden for President of the United States and Kamala Harris for Vice President. more...

Three Brilliant Artists You Have Never Heard Of
Ann Leda Shapiro, Carol Adelman and Patrice Tullai all maintain their art practices, but rarely show in galleries, and work in physical and more...

Galleries in the Streets
Stumbling on public art hooked Lynn Trimble on the stuff long before she started frequenting galleries and writing about the shows. She stil more...

Moby Dick in the Pandemic
Margaret Hawkins took on Moby Dick over the pandemic summer and got hooked. She saw the meaning of being dashed upon the lee. more...

Here We Stand
How is it possible that words so obvious, so ordinary in their moral clarity become the very instrument of our self-immolation? “Equal more...

A Surprise Awaits
The author's mother recently died. Not particularly close for years, they had grown together more recently. It's complicated--but isn't it a more...

The New Cultural Paradigm
Conditions have changed in the pandemic-era world. So will the Weekly Newsletter--short term, and perhaps well beyond. more...

“Uncanny Valley”
“Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI” refers to the deep curve of a graphed line measuring human emotional response and more...