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As Donald Trump gracefully exits the presidency, the blizzard of words over the 2020 election continues unabated.  Rival versions of reality...

There are dozens of images waiting in a queue for the honor of being the "End of the Year" on this blog.  However, to sum up a yea...

The war over the relationship between photography and painting has raged for 150 years.  Philosophers have battled with art critics.  Artist...

Many years ago, the famous Chinese artist Huang Erh-Nan would fill his mouth with black ink and paint pictures with his tongue. Ralph Steadm...

The thumbnail preliminary sketch is where artists first attempt to capture a spark of inspiration. Before the layers of refinement have been...

I like John Cuneo 's witty, wicked drawing of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 12. Was that alligator ever really sincere about the...