Monthly Archives: January 2022

Go Ask Alice

“Self-Portrait with Rabbit” by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1959) @ Columbus Museum of Art No less instructive is the story, ‘Pooh Goes Visiting,’ in which Rabbit, having deceitfully offered Pooh admittance to sample his overstocked larder, artfully traps his victim in the doorway and exploits him as an unsalaried towel rack for an entire week.FrederickContinueContinue reading “Go Ask Alice”

Nothing Sure, Yet Much Unhappily

“Ophelia (The Suicide)” by Constantin Meunier (1860-70) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit “It’s bound to end up with me jumping in the water.” Prophetic words from Clasina Maria “Sien” Hoornik, a prostitute, seamstress, model and mistress of Vincent van Gogh’s — and the only woman to move in with him (along with her 5 year-oldContinueContinue reading “Nothing Sure, Yet Much Unhappily”

Till Human Voices Wake Us

Portion of “Mermaid” by Edvard Munch (1896) @ Philadelphia Museum of Art If you’re ever looking to pass the time with a super nerdy debate — and the old standards of politics, sex, and religion just aren’t doing it for you — I highly recommend bringing up The Little Mermaid. This coming from a girlContinueContinue reading “Till Human Voices Wake Us”

Dread of West, Love of East

“Sudden Evening Shower at Ohashi Bridge” by Ando Hiroshige (1857) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit Among the many, many, many things to love about the Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit in Columbus, arguably nothing was as striking as how the galleries were organized. Cue groans and rolling eyes from the oft overlooked curators out there. ToContinueContinue reading “Dread of West, Love of East”

Gogh East, Young Man

“Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai (1823-31) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit I’ll admit, I had a printed tapestry of this piece hanging on a wall in my first apartment with my then-husband, about twenty years ago — but it was only very recently that I noticed the boats. Not so for Van GoghContinueContinue reading “Gogh East, Young Man”

The Game of Gogh

A portion of “Les Vessenots in Auvers” – Vincent Van Gogh (1890) @ Columbus Museum of Art It seems like everybody who’s anybody is trying to find a way to help the modern populace get a little bit closer to understanding the work of Vincent Van Gogh. Which makes writing about him here all theContinueContinue reading “The Game of Gogh”

Daddy Issues

Left: “Weeping Willow” by Claude MonetRight: “The Weeping Willows on the Lily Pond at Giverny” by Blanche Hoschede-Monet @ Columbus Museum of Art Often it’s the artists who find their own way, and create a new style that catches the art world by storm, that receive our highest praise (and tunnel vision attention). But howContinueContinue reading “Daddy Issues”