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Subversive Strains in Contemporary Art
On subversion in contemporary art; plus: what’s on in museums and galleries ahead of Miami Art Week / Art Basel Miami Beach 2025
Art Is Everywhere You Go
On travel, upcoming Miami art week, and the NYC fall art scene (galleries, auction sales, and museum shows)
A Lifelong Journey of Learning
The art of lifelong learning; “Monuments” at MOCA Los Angeles makes for a challenging history lesson about the aftermath of the Civil War; plus a survey of contemporary art seen on recent visits to San Francisco and L.A.
There’s Something About October
On falling in love with art, a new star of the Miami art world is born (Justyna Kisielewicz), and a photographic tour of sculpture from around the world.
Art on the Fault Line of a Divided Nation
On union and division on the fault line of America; a look at art on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line in Philadelphia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
A Breeze Through Art’s Crowded Field of View
Highlights of art across the crowded field of view of New York City’s largest art fair of the year, The Armory Show 2025.
The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths
Mystic truths revealed, plus: early September kicks off New York City’s upcoming Armory Week, recent art tour highlights from Florida and Texas
High & Low, Old & New: Embracing Dualities in Art
Exploring the dualities and crossover of both “high” and “low” art and “old” and “new” materials and expressions, plus: Miami’s summer art scene highlights.
Caring about Art is Currency in a Commodified Culture
Why not all art advisors are the same; plus, some recent bad news in the contemporary art world and summer highlights of art from Los Angeles.
A Turtle Near Alligator Alcatraz
Join CT for art in Los Angeles; plus, how I saved a turtle near Alligator Alcatraz; the libretto of a grandiose symphony and its Buddhist-inspired teachings reveal mystic connections
Art on a Heartland Farm
A special project executed in a bucolic setting; on fathers and farms; art that channels place and indigeneity on a 2300-mile search for art across the Upper Midwest
Awkwardness as an Art (Advisor’s Newsletter)
On the theme of awkwardness, plus the latest art highlights from New York and Florida
In the Zone: Hunting for Art
A Secret Source of Transcendence, plus highlights of New York Art Week (Frieze Week) 2025
An Expansive Vision From Coast to Coast
Summary of EXPO Chicago 2025, including a look at art with a sense of place, different flavors of abstract art, fiber art, as well as a preview of May 2025’s New York Art Week coming next
Art’s Virtuous Cycle of Engagement
The Math Adds Up: Engagement + Connection = Transcendence. Also, a summary of Dallas Art Week 2025; looking forward to spring art fairs in Chicago and New York City.
Limitlessly Creating Connection Through Art
Looking forward to April and May’s art fairs in Dallas, Chicago and New York, with a summary of recent presentations Charting Transcendence has given on pairing contemporary art with classical music, as well as some recent announcements and art seen on display in Florida and Texas.
A Cultural Juggernaut Celebrates Art and Itself
“Strokes of energy between impermanent traces,” Los Angeles after the fires; the most “LA” of LA artists; and Frieze week wrap up
Three Museums That Perfectly Balance Art with Architecture and Nature
Three museums that perfectly balance their art with the architecture that they are housed in and the nature that surrounds them: Chichu Art Museum (Naoshima, Japan); Glenstone Museum (Potomac, Maryland); Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas)
Fog Yields to Rich Art and Meaningful Co-Creation
San Francisco’s Art Week in January 2025, FOG Design + Art Fair, plus: art about sports, museum and gallery highlights.
Reconsidering What’s Truly Important in Life and Art
On the Los Angeles fires; queer art in Miami; and Jess T. Dugan, a non-binary photographer, vulnerably shares their story.