One woman, endless talent
byA visit to the home-studio of Susan Obrant reveals the seemingly unending creativity of this fashion and costume designer, painter and illustrator.
Hudson Valley MOCA
Horse and rider in history
byIn the Russian nesting doll of narratives that is art history, “Secret Departure of Ivan the Terrible” is not merely a Nazi-looted work. It is also part of a genre – the man on horseback – that sweeps us from the ancient world to our own time, in which it has become a symbol of the controversy over Confederate monuments as well as a metaphor for dystopia.
Apocalypse now
byIn an atmosphere with daily headlines tracking potential climate catastrophe, political division and inequality, a new exhibit from Peekskill’s Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art places a spotlight on contemporary paintings with dystopian themes.