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Sharon Lorenzo investigates the latest techniques at detecting art fraud. This month the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. announced in a formal press conference that their team of curatorial and conservation specialists had recommended taking the Johannes Vermeer…
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Sharon Lorenzo reports on Morocco and how to cook in Tagine Pots. Sofitel, Marrakech, Morocco As we entered the marketplace in Marrakech for a family vacation, our guide yelled to us, “Ballack!!” We soon learned that this meant, “The donkeys…
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Homer’s Atlantic World with themes of challenge, struggle and rescue. Sharon Lorenzo reviews the Winslow Homer show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum staff of American art curators, Stephanie Herdrich and Sylvia…
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The Barnes Foundation. Sharon Lorenzo explores the art of the Pueblo and Diné (Navajo) peoples which is being exhibited at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia until May 15th, 2022 “Po-wa-ha, water-wind-breath, is the essence of life. Existence is determined not…
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Ocean Gleaning: The Baker Museum, Naples, Florida. Sharon Lorenzo shares her perspective on Pam Longobardi’s show, Ocean Gleaning: The Baker Museum, Naples, Florida. Pam Longobardi The Baker Museum in Naples, Florida has an amazing array of work by Pam Longobardi….
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Sharon Lorenzo reviews the simultaneous Jasper John Shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958 Encaustic on Canvas, Whitney Museum Bank of America and a multitude of lenders and…
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At the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas: Oct. 17, 2021-Jan. 23, 2022. Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) Photo by Alfred Stieglitz,1918 Following her death in 1986, more than 400 of Georgia O’Keeffe’s photographs were given to the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation…
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Sharon Lorenzo intrigues us with early American weathervanes. This marvelous exhibition of historic weathervanes traces the evolution of an art form that began as a utilitarian object in ancient China and Greece during the 2nd Century BCE. On the agora…
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Header image: The Tate Modern Museum, London, UK, Herzog and de Meuron, 2000 A Book Review by Sharon Lorenzo This title was recommended to me via an online chat by former director Michael Shapiro from the High Museum of Art…
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