Most of the Italian Renaissance sculptors would create sample models first. It is not until they were satisfied with their prototypes that they would set into the unforgiving marble. Michelangelo, once again, stood apart. In creating David, he started chipping at the Carrara marble right away. And this was a twice

In 1949, American painting prodigy Jacob Lawrence checked himself into Hillside Hospital’s psychiatric ward in Queens. Exhausted, depressed, he remained there for a year, getting treatment and painting his Hospital series. After checking himself out in 1950, Lawrence sought new inspiration in Harlem nightclubs and theatres like the Apollo. As

Midnight (Living Room). Midnight (When The Night Comes). Midnight (Love Notes). Midnight (Velvet At Dusk). Midnight is the name of Toronto artist Darlene Cole’s December exhibit. Midnight is also the word that fronts each of the featured painting titles. As she created the exhibit,  Cole ‘experienced a blurred transition from

If you’re looking for a new museum to discover online, check out the Museu Nacional D’Art De Catalunya. Located in Barcelona, El Museu is housed in the Palau Nacional of Montjuïc, built in 1929 for the International Exposition. Online, you can learn more about el Museu Nacional D’Art De Catalunya’s

This is the 8th year for Art Toronto and, in its 2020 digital format, they say  it will ‘truly be Canada’s art fair.’ Running from October 28th to November 8th, the exhibit will include gallery artists from the Bau-Xi. A sampling … . . Barbara Cole. Josephine, From Appearances .

The show must go on. Well, if it can. And, thankfully – despite all that 2020 has to ‘offer’ – the Vancouver Writers Festival will go on. The VWF was launched in 1988 by Founding Artistic Director Alma Lee, and declared the Best Large Canadian Literary Festival by the Canadian

It’s one of the reasons that so many art lovers return again and again to Florence. The Uffizi Gallery houses an extraordinary collection of paintings, with masterpieces from Boticelli to Michelangelo, Caravaggio to Giotto, Leonardo to Raffaello. The Uffizi sits in the first two floors of a building that was

With Sutton Foster, it’s hard to know where to start with career highlights. Her Broadway resume begins when she was in her late teens and includes a what’s what of shows over the decades: Annie, Les Misérables, South Pacific, Funny Girl, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Music Man, Into the Woods.

Perhaps you’ve been lucky enough to visit Spain’s Guggenheim Bilbao. Perhaps it’s on your hole in the bucket list for a travel-friendly future. In the meantime, there is much to see of the museum online. The Bilbao had an instant, enormous impact when it was officially opened by King Juan

Sigh. What is it about shoes? Perhaps it’s the art of the midnight blue boot that beckons you with its silver studded heel. Or maybe it’s the buttery craftsmanship of the double-strap Mary Janes that cradle your feet as you lunge up the stairs. With shoes, you can go out on