THE WATER COOLER VIEWPOINT: Vandalism and Other Matters of the Heart by Joan Altabe When John Keats poeticized that art was about truth, he probably wasn't considering that art could also be the victim of a bitter...
ReviewsHAMPTONS ART REVIEW: A Strong “Close-Up” Look at Portraiture at Southampton Arts Center by James Croak "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best," mused the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo of the 55...
Art ReviewsNEW YORK CITY The Closer: Memories of Jeff Koons by James Croak “Hi, I’m Jeff Koons,” he whispered over the velvet rope with a syrupy smile, he of the Brooks Bros. coat, the sonorous voice....
Art ReviewsNEW YORK CITY Art Review: Jan De Vliegher: Layering Abstraction on Realism, or the Other Way Around by James Croak He has the hands of Claude Monet. Such were my early thoughts upon viewing the exhibition of Jan De Vliegher’s painterly works of...