Exchanging messages with Ivana Miletic, my impression of her refreshing artistic practice is reinforced by a Confucius quote she uses to address her relationship to photography: “We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” However, for Miletic, she has balanced two lives simultaneously over the span of twenty years: one as an award-winning photographer, and the second as a Fisheries expert with a Ph.D. in Fisheries while working in diplomacy in Bruxelles, Belgium. This unusual background is perhaps best explained by Miletic’s early years in Split, Croatia, born ..read more

Life Scroll is the first solo exhibition by Japanese artist Kentaro Chiba, in Perugia, Italy. An impressive artwork that presents the details in Chiba’s art, mind, and soul. Draw in pen and paper reflecting the dedication and commitment to showcase all those images that were developed in his mind over the years. Images that were pressing him to make them a real and tangible art form, giving the rest of the world an inside view of his thoughts through the years, and allowing his viewers to marvel in his creation. The invitation to the show, courtesy by Alessandro Berni Gallery Created in 19 m ..read more

The inevitable closing of theaters has subverted the rules of performing, leading to a radical adjustment. Actors and actresses are no longer required to gather in an empty room and interact with each other because the stage has lost its physicality and has moved online. This is how this new system works. Beatrice Pelliccia, former acting coach at Susan Batson Studio, NYC, oversees the new classes. The students meet via an online platform and get mentally ready to perform through a well-structured series of mindfulness exercises, namely the Batson Technique. Acting Coach Beatrice Pelliccia I ..read more

Italian born and Los Angeles based artist Ylenia Mino and her work are the personification of enthusiasm: sunny, colorful and defiantly positive, Mino shares her thoughts with Michele Tufigno for NY-ArtNews about starting out as an artist in northern Italy, her move to the US and sharing her passion for art in her community. Artist Ylenia Mino What made you decide to take up painting? What were your first steps in the art world? I have always loved painting since I was a little girl. I was born in Ivrea which is in the countryside of Italy, surrounded by nature and breath taking landscapes w ..read more

How many of us have memories of carving pumpkins for Halloween - picking the perfect pumpkin, choosing the favorite design to carve and scooping out the guts while admiring the parents' efforts with the knife that when little, we were not allowed to try and replicate? Definitely a great tradition that is a must to do every Halloween for the young and the less young! Now imagine a beautiful and magical walk through an elaborate Halloween fantasy which activates all these familiar memories: the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze. The Great Jack O' Lantern is a walk-through experience of thousands of i ..read more

We’ve all been there. There are those days when you’re longing for relief from the cloudy skies, something exciting to chase away the rainy day blues. We feel you! New York is rife with opportunities to see a splash of color, from its streets to museums to galleries. Here are but a handful of art galleries located in the Big Apple to bring some life back to your rainy day! "Mellow yellow. Color Factory." by cielodlp is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Looking for something zany to counter the dreariness of a dark day? Color Factory is an art gallery every bit as fun as it sounds! Color Factory co ..read more

Photo by Nextvoyage from Pexels Tired of JPGs and digital art galleries? Good news! With the passage of Labor Day, we have something brand new to celebrate as the coronavirus finally begins to wind down-the opening of the art world beyond its digital doors! April saw New York reeling from its status as at the epicenter of the United States coronavirus, its rush to become a haven from Covid-19 by the middle of summer 2020. With summer coming to a close and the coronavirus outbreak curve showing its first hints of flattening, questions remain: How can the art world safely reopen? What steps nee ..read more

The desires of individuals to pour out their hearts, or at least be noticed, extends back far beyond our current social justice movements. Joseph Kyselak (1799-1831) of Vienna is one credited with being a pioneer of tagged street art and modern grafitti, having accomplished the not-too-small feat of tagging himself throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire. One of the first serial Graffiti, by Joseph Kyselak; photo by Robert Lender is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Street art extends back much further in our timeline. Surviving sketches in caves and other mediums can be traced as far back as 13,00 ..read more

Mario Merz standing in front of one of his installations, courtesy of the net https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-enigmatic-igloos-of-mario-merz/ Artist biography Mario Merz (1 January 1925 – 9 November 2003) was an Italian conceptual and eclectic artist, considered to be a key member of the art movement Arte Povera. Self-taught artist, after going through an expressionist period, he decided to research and experiment with l’Arte Povera, roughly translated as poor art, preferring materials such as earth, shrubs, waxes, fluorescent neon tubes, and favouring the procedural aspects of artistic o ..read more

Cultural institutions are key elements in shaping a nation’s identity as they reflect the politics of the governments and also are a determining aspect of the quality of life of its inhabitants. Recent events renewed the importance of public knowledge and learning but also made evident how fragile the museum sector is. It is therefore imperative to investigate the role of museums or perhaps remind ourselves why we still need them. The Charleston Museum is commonly regarded as America’s first museum and was founded in 1773 in response to the creation of the British Museum in England. Its promi ..read more