The rise of vanity galleries
Dear Artist, A few emails have arrived lately from artists asking about the sudden appearance…
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In search of John Collier
Dear Artist, While bumping around in a jumbled bookshop in Highgate, North London, I found…
Artists for something
Dear Artist, A group mailing arrived here yesterday. A young friend was asking for donations…
Lessons learned
Dear Artist, Wow! That was quite an experience. After submitting my painting for your input…
Asking your opinion
Dear Artist, Painters who give workshops will know what I’m talking about. You can walk…
Conspicuous consumption
Dear Artist, When Wisconsin-born economist Thorstein Veblen coined the term “conspicuous consumption,” he was reacting…
The art instinct
Dear Artist, The reason so many people in so many cultures prefer a landscape painting…
Advisory panel
Dear Artist, Yesterday I took part in an advisory panel. This is where a couple…
Painting ‘Uncle Ho’
Dear Artist, Phan Ke An, 85, painted more than 20 portraits of the late Vietnamese…
Where does it come from?
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you from a shady spot beside a placid lake on the…