Book Review: The Art Detective by Philip Mould
May 28, 2025Yet another of his discoveries turns out to be a lost watercolor by one of America’s...
Arizona and the Politics of Mural Painting
May 28, 2025Murals are designed to unite communities, create beauty and celebrate common values. The horrific reaction to...
Movie Review: The A-Team
May 27, 2025It would be foolish to say that Carnahan reined himself in, since these are some of...
Alice Leora Briggs: Art from Juárez
May 27, 2025While Briggs subject matter is unpleasant, her work has a dark beauty and an immediacy not...
Art Review: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers at the Hirshhorn, Washington, DC
May 27, 2025In one of Klein’s, racier projects, the Anthropometry series, the artist dressed to the nines and...
Art Review: Object, Image, Collector at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
May 26, 2025It’s the photoetching, a 1974 work called “The Train,” that is really breath-taking. It seems to...
Book Review: At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union by Robert V. Remini
May 26, 2025In 1850, the best that Clay could do was to coax Southern politicians to agree to...
Book Review: Unbillable Hours: A True Story by Ian Graham
May 26, 2025It was an appeal on behalf of Mario Rocha, a Los Angeleno of Mexican descent, who...
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS FILM?: Barry Caillier’s Daredreamer!
May 26, 2025If you've seen Daredreamer, particularly around the time it was first released, I'd love to hear...
The Weekly Listicle: Insultingly BAD Movies
May 25, 2025They exist to make money more than tell a story, and are fully satisfied to merely...




