Against significant odds, Andràs Böröcz’s dreamlike art continues to deepen, if not necessarily grow. Part of the pleasure we take in Mr. Böröcz’s work, which is on view at the Adam Baumgold Gallery, stems from how capably he beats those odds. Preciosity and folksiness would seem to come with the territory he explores: intricate box Read More
The Italian painter Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino, died in 1540 at the age of 37. It’s worth keeping the short span of his life in mind when visiting A Beautiful and Gracious Manner: The Art of Parmigianino , an exhibition at the Frick Collection mounted to coincide with the 500th anniversary Read More
In the mythology of Greek antiquity, the Muses were thought to be the patron goddesses of the arts and sciences. In the beginning there were only three. Later, presumably to accommodate the traffic, this company of female divinities was expanded to nine. Among the best-known to posterity are Clio, the Muse of history; Terpsichore, the Read More
