Drawing Some Slow Conclusions at the Frick

Reading Karen Rosenberg’s review of the Frick Collection’s show, “Mantegna to Mattise: Master Drawings From the Courtauld Gallery,” reminded me that large time-spanning exhibits need several slow looks.    Rosenberg writes that “the installation… is roughly chronological. But it’s also dialogical,…

Slow Art on the Streets

I loved this interview with Adam Niklewicz, by Two Coats of Paint writer Joe Bun Keo, about Niklewicz’ latest mural on an out-of-the-way wall in Hartford, Connecticut. I particularly liked the exchange between Joe Bun Keo and Nicklewicz regarding the…

Slow Forest Year

You think looking at an individual painting or sculpture for 10 minutes seems long? How about a year? James Gorman reviews a new book, The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature, in the New York Times Science Times today.…

A New Look at the Old

Think you know the works of old masters? You might have to think again after you see the work of artist Bence Hajdu, profiled in this article on Hyperallergic and this article on Hypenotice. Hajdu digitally removes the figures from a…

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