VIEWPOINT: Text Artists Are the Francisco Goyas of Our Time
He was a court painter and a painter of history, but Francisco Goya was hell-bent on a bigger picture through drawing. He wanted to...
Posts by Joan Altabe
VIEWPOINT: Artist Depiction of War Shifts Historically from Heroic to Horrific
War is in the air and it’s picking up tailwinds, which makes the recent Louvre-Lens’s show in France, “The Disaster of War...
VIEWPOINT: Vandalism and Other Matters of the Heart
When John Keats poeticized that art was about truth, he probably wasn't considering that art could also be the victim of a bitter...
VIEWPOINT: The So-Called Permanent Collection
The “For Sale” sign propped on the lawn in Edward Hopper’s painting East Wind Over Weehawken spookily prophesied the work’s...
VIEWPOINT: An Art Museum Story that has Nothing to do with Art
Like most relationship breakups, the split between the city of North Miami and the MOCA board of trustees is not just about one thing....