EDITOR’S LETTER
byAt WAG, we’re always striving for creativity and so it is in that spirit that we present another first for the magazine — our…
October 2020
WHAT’S TRENDING FOR NOVEMBER
byWAG spotlights the new and noteworthy
Why art still matters
byLife dictates. Man adjusts. Art responds, in this case with “Boléro,” from Ravel to Béjart to Juilliard.
Imagining the ‘Unthinkable’
byFormer Larchmont resident George Loomis writes, directs and stars in the medical thriller, his first feature.
Portrait of an artist in control
byArt is the ultimate creative freedom, says Port Chester-based painter Jon deMartin.
Arlo Guthrie takes on ‘Hard Times’
byThe folk music icon, pulled from the road he loves by the pandemic, returns to the recording studio with an apt Stephen Foster song.
At home in a world of photos
byEvery once and a while, we meet a couple whose creativity and passions are perfectly in sync with each other and with the artistic interests of WAG magazine. John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler are such a couple.
Tree Variations
byTrees drew lawyer Larry Lederman to his Chappaqua home – and to a second career in landscape photography.
The fleeting beauty of life
byIn a year that celebrated the centennial of American women’s suffrage and confronted the coronavirus, “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e,” at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich through Nov. 1, is a timely exhibit times two.
Uniting in love to help humanity
by“Although I’m blind, I can see far and wide. Even though I’m disabled, I can climb high mountains.” Meet the inspirational Shirley Cheng.
Portraitist of America rising
byThough deaf and mute, portraitist John Brewster Jr. shone a light on the people who drove America’s rise.
The ‘Aggie’ and the ecstasy
byDocumentary filmmaker Catherine Gund trains her eye on her mother, philanthropist/arts collector Agnes Gund, in “Aggie.”
Cousin Brucie’s back
byBruce Morrow – better known to his fans as Cousin Brucie – is back on New York AM radio after a 15-year absence.
Healing through art
byIn Mount Kisco, a gallery is devoted to healing artwork.
A thoroughly modern manor
byThis contemporary offering on Husted Lane would have Marie Kondo swooning in uncluttered, clean-limbed rapture. Everything inside this 12,278-square-foot structure — whose gabled stone…
Mister Butterfly
byTo the papillon oeuvre we can add the works of Paul Villinski, whose butterfly sculptures are the subject of the recent book “Villinski” (Vivant Books/Paul Villinski, 269 pages, $95.)
The art of living
byTake the time to really look at how you can incorporate beautiful objects into your life.
Auction houses endure
byThe Covid-19 crisis has prompted the antiques auction world to innovate and embrace the latest in technology.
A shop fit for the gods
byMonochromatic colors – with an occasional pop of jewel tones – luxurious fabrics, clean lines and scrupulous craftsmanship define the Peserico label.
The Hamptons, artfully
byEnjoy a fall weekend in the Hamptons, where the already well-established art scene is rocketing.