January 2024
Almodóvar Short Films The Human Voice It takes up cultural icons and twists them in amusing gay and feminist ways. Renate Stendhal
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Trapeze artists, jugglers, gymnasts, magicians, Elvis and the parable of Joseph and his coat of many colors. Carla Maria Verdino Süllwold
Not the FBI Story Killers of the Flower Moon The film helps to correct the historical record, with cinematic mastery that no viewer will soon forget. Miles David Moore
Portraits of Flora From the biennial daily blog series that just ended The Photography of Jon Rendell
B2 One of our backdeck feral regulars, B2, seems to have gone missing. We are worried. We are resigned. Michael Bettencourt
Around Midnight with Manfredo Fest A rich, delicious Brazilian musical artist, he was brilliant, courageous, and remarkably joyous given the often smothering conditions of his life. Arthur Danin Adler
Okay change of plans Last night I crashed at about 10 o'clock after a very light, in fact almost invisible Thanksgiving. Peculiar to be sitting there at a lovely table with an empty plate and a glass of seltzer, watching everybody else eat. Claudine Jones
The Rise and Fall of Just About Everybody Occasionally when I pass my much too full bookshelf, a book calls out to me. It beckons to me…come hither and read. The last book to do that is titled Here Today… by Louise Tanner. Les Marcott
Painter of Modern Life: Personal Reflections on Manet In my many years of haunting art museums—the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, et al.—my admiration of Édouard Manet, has increased steadily. Gregory Luce
Some Progress Recently and at long last, the Department of Defense changed the names of nine American military posts originally named for traitors, i.e. Confederate generals. Patrick Walsh
The Steiny Road Poet interviews Gertrude Stein through Tender Buttons on Martin Scorsese's film Killers of the Flower Moon. Karren Alenier
"They Flee From Me" — Sir Thomas Wyatt
Not only one of the most original and personal love poems of the 16th century, but of all time.
David Alpaugh
Historic: Kandinsky's Unpublished Letters, Published Renaud Interviews Hahl-Fontaine. New information about Kandinsky has continued to surface over time, often bringing with it new questions. Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
Elis & Tom Pure art found its way into their minds and hearts, and all conflicts started to fade, allowing us to witness the birth of a masterpiece Altenir Silva
The Goddess as Active Listener Part Four When I met Sue Castigliano, my speech teacher during my senior year, it was not at first apparent that she would one day change my life Brian George
Satta Homsawat (LaFe) ศรัทธา หอมสวัสดิ์ (ลาเฟ่) Watercolor in my view is not a technique but a medium for communicating with the audience Janine Yasovant
Songs of Gratitude and Fields of Wonder A Review of Maía's Portraits Each of us starts life as a world center indifferent to the laws of time and space sure that our call will result in a response Brian George
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My Art Year (in Review) It would have taken a true clairvoyant to have predicted a year ago all of the positive art happenings that came to pass for me during this year. The Art of Philip Gerstein
Painting The Cathedral of Ys Poetry Veracruz Codex The Art of David Wiley
The Art of SS. Burrus A Retrospective
When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people will appear on the Earth
Patrick Nagel It's in the Eyes
media
Audio
Theatre Thoughts An entertaining array of audio essays on an array of theatre topics by an astute and entertaining essayist
You Don't Say! Occasional Musings by an occasionally amused writer
Video
Undress Me In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her, by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue
Light Fantastic Weighty matters of brain neurons and addiction, two kisses, single-malt scotch, the green dance of blue, yellow lasers
Ear Buds What happens when we love our devices — and they love us back
The Greed Gene A young couple is told by their genetic counselor that their child has the greed gene, there is nothing they can do
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Letters to the Editor
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Special—Issues
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Everything Old Is New Again January 2013|●
What Is Obscenity and What's Not? January 2012|●
A Brief But Quirky History of the Arts January 2011|●
The Rising Fall of the Arts January 2010|●
The One January 2009|●
What Is Art? January 2008|●
View of the Arts January 2007|●
The Art of Sex in the Arts February 2006|●
State of the Art of the Arts October 2005|●
Special—Indexes
The Steiny Road Index of Karren Alenier's columns and writings|●
Writings Index of Arthur Danin Adler's columns and writings|●
Kandinsky Anew Index of the series by Lissa Tyler Renaud|●
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