Earlier this month, we looked at artists’ paintings of poets, discovering homages both photo-realist and illustrative of poetic styles. Our visual-arts celebration of National Poetry Month continues with poets as artists. William Blake is the first poet who comes to mind when we’re talking...

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: . . . A time to laugh.” ~ Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 4 Robert A. Baron via   via    

Throughout history, poets and painters have been hanging out together at coffee shops, bars, and salons. More than just admiring each other and relating as starving artists, they have influenced each other to experiment with new styles. Not surprisingly, poets have ended up as popular subject matter...

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: . . . a time to plant and a time to uproot” ~ Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2 by Xu Beihong, 1951  

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: … a time to plant and a time to uproot” ~ Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2 “Farmers Planting Potatoes” by Vincent van Gogh, 1884

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born” ~ Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2   Master of Vyšší Brod, 1350 “The Nativity Painting” by Lorenzo Costa, 1490 “Nativity at Night” by Geergen tot Sint Jans, 1490   “Adoration...

By J. Scott McElroy and Jessie Nilo The ceiling of the Florence Baptistry in Italy. Dating from 1225, it tells stories from the bible and has impacted millions of people over hundreds of years, including many Renaissance artists. Hundreds of years ago, local churches were, in many ways, centers for experiencing beauty,...

With a new year comes fresh installations of art across the country and resolutions to figure more cultural experiences into our daily lives. Here’s a roundup of exhibits, some that opened last year and are still on view and others that will open in the upcoming winter months, that will not only inspire...

[image by Dmitry Borshch] Dmitry Borshch is a Brooklyn-based artist who was recently awarded the National Arts Club award for graphics. Originally from the USSR, Borshch says he is inspired by Christianity. His art refuses to be tied down into a single genre. Rather, some are abstract pieces...

Patrick-Earl Barnes began making art in 1989. He says he is a “self-taught artist who spent 25 years of [his] life preparing for the American dream and the next 17 years redefining it.” Working with acrylic, oil pastels, and collage, he creates works that show the character of America....