. Anecdote of the Jar I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. The wilderness rose up to it,And sprawled around, no longer wild. The jar was round upon the ground And tall and of a port in air. It took dominion […]
Passion Fueled
. “The ecstatic is our compass, pointing to our true north.” “Art is far more powerful than our plans for it.” —Advice for artists from The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin . There’s nothing quite like a consuming passion. It often comes about unexpectedly when encountering a new idea, project or person. And then it […]
Exquisitely Dynamic Interrelatedness
It is a perennially woolly question: What makes a work of art stand up and stand out? This query came to mind while reading two recent reviews by Pulitzer prize winning art critic Sebastian Smee in the Washington Post. He veers in two very different directions, from a carefully articulated dissatisfaction with the Cecily Brown […]
Luminous Elsewheres: Show Guide
This is an online guide to the exhibit that will be up through April 28, 2023 at WestBeth Gallery, New York, New York. The work is listed in alignment with the installation. To read the curatorial statement, click here. To purchase work, contact Deborah Barlow via email (dbarlow (at) gmail dot com) or on Instagram […]
Reconsidering the Spiritual
In a recent Washington Post opinion essay, Rebecca Solnit addressed the defeated, Sturm und Drang tone that dominates conversations about planetary extinction. Most of us have been operating from the assumption that a healthy future means giving up things and conveniences we love, then living lives of austerity. But what if it meant giving up […]
The Wife of Willesden
Zadie Smith in rehearsal for Wife of Willesden. Photo: Marc Brenner. . There are many reasons to make your way to Zadie’s Smith’s play, The Wife of Willesden. Based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s Wife of Bath, it draws on 600 years of admiration for Chaucer, the undisputed father of English poetry. And bringing this play to […]
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Let Form Speak
Detail, Ellen Gallagher (full image is below) . “We are living through a moment” has become a code phrase for encountering yet another art installation or exhibit that puts art in service to a credo or ideology. Social justice, political identity, equality—these are all vital causes that matter, and matter deeply. But a proclivity to […]
Fair Share Art Auctions: Earthquake Relief
Heads up! An art auction raising funds for earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey is happening February 20-25. You will be able to access all the available art work from a new page on Instagram: @fairshareartauctions. (The prior site was @fairshareartauction, so please note the new plural.) If you are someone who likes to discover […]
Luminous Elsewheres
Welcome to Luminous Elsewheres! Information about the exhibit is posted here. For an online guide to the exhibit, click here. . LUMINOUS ELSEWHERES March 31 – April 28, 2023 Westbeth Gallery 55 Bethune Street at Washington Street, New York, NY 10014 Exhibit hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 1-6pm (And by appointment) Opening reception: Friday March 31, […]
Pell Lucy: MORE SEEINGLY
Every six months the Pell Lucy artist collective comes together for an online exhibition. More Seeingly is our winter show, the 9th exhibit we have had on Artsy since Pell Lucy was created in early 2020. Three new members have joined Pell Lucy: Phoebe Adams, Leigh Anne Chambers and Kathryn Geismar. These wonderful artists are […]