Nine Notes on how Kehinde Wiley makes Black Lives Matter 1. More is More August, 2023 – As of this writing, there is plenty of time left...

Today, many people all over the world practice the ancient Japanese art of suiseki. This involves appreciating the natural shape of a...

Because you’re reading this, I’m going to give myself the liberty of presuming that you have seen AND read the Forbes article,...

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it. -- Yogi Berra May 18 - Reading through today's news about the Supreme Court ruling on Andy...

Composing spans all media and genres in which a whole is built by arranging selected parts. So, naturally, it can produce things from...

Oakland, CA April 1 through May 6, 2023 The word “portrait” can apply to many different things, such as a place, a time, a culture, or a...

As relayed to me by a colleague, there was a guest essay in the Opinion section of the New York Times , March 8, 2023, by Noam Chomsky,...

Wired up with Diane Komater Feb-Mar 2023 By Malcolm Ryder Are we over-exposed? Not in the highly sex-positive Bay Area of California,...

February 2023, Oakland Curator: Jan Watten Diaspora is a vivid word. We sense it in two ways. Saying it feels like saying “disperse.” At...

Results, Automagically We can be surprised only so much to find out that encyclopedias of everything seem now to be available. Our common...

Project overview Critiquing a specific legacy archetype of maleness, the Not Male Show extends beyond feminism to a more inclusive...

Arriving After turning twice up the narrow stairway, a type exactly halfway between rustic and industrial chic, one enters the Gray Loft...

Artificial Intelligence, or A.I., rages on in the world of visual art, it’s current ability to automatically compose being the new apex...

Ghost Busters The experience of time’s passage takes place only due to the perception of change, and if the noticeable events don’t...

One of the more bizarre things that occurred in the past but that still persists is the phrase “art and photography”. For simplicity’s...

Oakland, CA – The Black Lives Matter movement brought Oakland back into the political foreground in a way not felt since the Women’s...

Contents: READING THE IMAGE. THE WORK DONE IN THE IMAGE. THE WORK DONE BY THE IMAGE. DESIGNING THE IMAGE. THE VIEWER AT WORK. THE WORK OF...

Why do we think that we can know with confidence when something is or is not an "art" work? What is the unifying idea underlying our...

Why do we bother to refer to certain photographs as "still" pictures when the individual picture is by definition a stationary object? I....

The popular allure of street photography rarely wanes, regardless of time or place. Much of its power to influence audiences rides on the...