Art History
The Mysterious Armenian Woman from Napoleon III to The Present Day
In these difficult and politically complex post-war times, it seems absurd to present an art history review of a random painting in some museum in a distant city, even though that city is London....
Covid-19, The Future and Culture
Stage art cannot survive alone. Whether it’s a soloist or an orchestra, drama theatre, ballet or opera, a stage and an audience are necessary. These two, the one on the stage and the one looking at...
Michael (Michelle) West, the ‘inner eye’ of the artist, who rejected Arshile Gorky
One wonderful summer day in 2017, I visited the ‘Masterpiece’ exhibition. Since 2010, the ‘Masterpiece’ has been held in the gardens of the Royal Hospital in London, where many of the world's best...
Fruition Through Complexity
Arshile Gorky‘I see my life as an artist, as having gone through three main experiences. The first is simplicity, the time of purity. The next is a time of confusion caused from the ordeal of the...
Stories Without Words
Ida Kar wrote to her husband, Victor Musgrave "I am becoming a legend". This self-acknowledgement had originated from the attentive and respectful attention her exhibition had received from the...
The Before and After in the Works of Sarkis Hamalbashian
Intuition and ArtHamalbashian was born in Gumri. His early paintings are peaceful and quiet. They are monochromatic with no striking contrasts at all. And each work possesses its own beautiful...