Art News

Lafayette and Washington In New York City Hall

The approximate 180 portrait paintings in the City Hall are the best collection of early American…
Two Antiques Shows At Two Armories

There are more than one antiques shows on the weekend of Jan 23-24. Antiques at the…
My Ancient Confidant — Wesirwer

There are details of naturalistic depiction. Almost like a gold-finger touch, they imbue the statue with…
Frederick William MacMonnies and His Works in Brooklyn

MacMonnies was a Brooklynite and Brooklyn offered him the best spot for show his talent. Although…
Thoughts on Architecture, No Need To Begin the World Again

Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Daniel Burnham, Chicago architect. (1864-1912) In a…
John Francis Murphy — The Landscape Within

Both antebellum French Barbizon school and post-war American painters have found civilized landscape peculiar yet intimate…
Egypt and Mesopotamia — Visiting “Beyond Babylon” Exhibition at Met

It looks ridiculous that Mesopotamian tried so hard to pursue something which can only be used…
Unearthing the Meaning of Forgery — Before the Opening of the Upcoming Exhibition of Pagan & Coptic Sculpture in the Brooklyn Museum

Without getting rid of colored glass, we may be fooled again in future. We must not!The…
Following the Quest of Eternity — Book Review of “To Live Forever”

Overall, this is a great book with a lot of new findings updated by recent scholar…