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Painter as Cinema: Gerhard Richter and Never Look Away Bernie Langs One of the difficult processes of being solidly past sixty years of age has been the near-weekly grieving for the passing away of cherished, long-time film, television, and music … Continue reading

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New York Rhymes

Poetry: Dr. Konstantina Theofanopoulou (Instagram: @newyork_rhymes) Art: Mikaella Theofanopoulou (Instagram: @m_theta_art)

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New York Rhymes

Dr. Konstantina Theofanopoulou I wrote this poem in February 2019. I couldn’t have imagined how the word “quarantine” would sound today. Poetry: Dr. Konstantina Theofanopoulou (Instagram: @newyork_rhymes) One line art: Mikaella Theofanopoulou (Instagram: @m_theta_art)

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Challenging Conventions in Rei Kawakubo’s Art of the In Between

Dakota Blackman The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a classic tourist destination in New York, overflowing with a sweeping collection of art that traverses time periods and cultures. Among the classics, which include the Greco-Roman sculpture hall, or a collection … Continue reading

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For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch, Vol. 1 Edition

Jim Keller No matter how you spin it, 2016 was not a kind year for women who remain trapped on the other side of a cracked glass ceiling. So it is with great pleasure that I begin this first in … Continue reading

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Art review: “The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C.”; Princeton Art Museum, March 4 – June 11, 2017 Bernie Langs There are certain types of art exhibits that are more difficult to … Continue reading

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Bernie Langs “Truth” in Painting Getting to a ‘core essence’ in a mystic or revelatory sense can be as elusive as tracing the path of an electron or photon, famously described as both particle and wave. The arts can be … Continue reading

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Facing the Music: Life as a Born Again Musician

Owen Clark When I was twenty-eight I had a third-life crisis. Well, let’s be honest, my whole twenties were a series of quarter to third-life crises, but for whatever reason, this one stuck. I’ve always been prone to obsessions. Some … Continue reading

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The Face Behind the Mask

Guadalupe Astorga Do you remember the Greek myth of Narcissus? It’s the story of an attractive and arrogant man that fell deeply in love with his own face reflected on the water, to the point of losing all interest in … Continue reading

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Winter’s Beauty

Elodie Pauwels https://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com Winter has come! Winter is probably the best time of the year to take black and white pictures, especially when the sky is cloudy. Frost on a window in the utility room, frozen leaves in the garden … Continue reading

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 Blood Diamond and the Epic Death of Danny Archer Bernie Langs Caution: spoilers ahead!     In the fabulous comedy Shakespeare in Love, Queen Elizabeth boldly sets a wager to her obsequious courtiers: “Can a play show us the very … Continue reading

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Television Series Review: Mr. Robot and Gomorrah  Bernie Langs Caution: spoilers ahead!   There is a widely-held notion that television is presently in the midst of a golden age and that the quality and diversity in programming has never been … Continue reading

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For Your Consideration

By Jim Keller As we begin our fifth year of uncovering and examining the content that will eventually form the enigma that is the Academy Awards race, I thought it would be interesting to switch things up and break down … Continue reading

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CULTURE CORNER

Film and the Tyranny of the Repeating Day: Edge of Tomorrow and Groundhog Day By Bernie Langs “Carpe Diem” or “Seize the Day” is the banal, clichéd rallying war cry that commencement speakers send off the graduating classes of universities … Continue reading

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For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch, Vol. 3 Edition

By Jim Keller There’s a reason why I always conclude this three-part series by covering the Best Supporting Actor and Actress races: with the exception of the frontrunners, they are very unpredictable. Hence, I am going to shake things up … Continue reading

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Tree of Codes and the Park Avenue Armory

By Paul Jeng The first exhibit I attended at the Park Avenue Armory was in the spring of 2012, Tom Sachs’s SPACE PROGRAM: MARS, an expansive, irreverent rendition of an imaginary expedition to Mars. From the beginning it was clear … Continue reading

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J. M. W. Turner on film and Jan van Eyck in The Smithsonian Institution By Bernie Langs Lord Kenneth Clark, the eminent late art historian who often graces the pages of “Culture Corner”, felt that life’s meaning can best be … Continue reading

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Only Seven Days Left! Two Must-See Exhibitions in NYC!

By Natalia Ketaren September 7 sees the end of two wonderful exhibitions in NYC. The first exhibition I saw and will speak of, was the highly publicized China: Through the Looking Glass housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met). … Continue reading

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Biography of an Amazing Artist

By Susan Russo Based on a personal story from his granddaughter and the website www.luisada.com Avigdor Renzo Luisada was born in Florence, Italy, in 1905, third son of a secular Jewish family. His father was a prominent doctor and his … Continue reading

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Theater Review: “LOVE” performed by Cirque du Soleil at the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 16, 2015 By Bernie Langs A Hofner bass guitar signed by all four Beatles displayed outside the “LOVE” theater at the Mirage Hotel (photo: … Continue reading

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