Photo by: Nina Chohan

11th March 2023

Review: The Heckscher Museum of Art

A brief review of the museum's most recent exhibitions, and personal reflections.

20th February 2023

After the Apocalypse: Museums in a Post-COVID-19 World

19th February 2023

The Power of Poetry: Feminism in the Spoken Word

Zarina, Self Portrait, 1961

5th February 2023

Zarina

Having left India and living in different countries after marrying her husband, an Indian diplomat, Zarina explored what it meant to have a home, what home really means in the contexts of a feeling of belonging, memories of childhood, and a safe space.

Fragment of LTM13, courtesy of kakuunohito works

4th February 2023

Yuichi Ikehata

The photography of Yuichi Ikehata is not what one would typically imagine when they hear an artist’s choice of medium is “photography.”

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28th January 2023

NYC Midnight Writing Challenge: Short Story 2023, Round 1

A husband and wife move into their first house together, and have to deal with all the adjustments that come with their newly married life...

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2nd December 2022

The Power of Poetry: Feminism in the Spoken Word

The period between 1960-70’s made way for the rise of some of the most influential female poets in modern history. This includes the brilliant minds of Maya Angelou, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich, all of whom have contributed significantly not only to poetry and the arts, but also by broadening the discourse on feminism in popular culture.

18th November 2022

What is the Contemporary?

This essay analyzes two famously contemporary art museums and how they not only promote the artists and societal values of today, but also continue to celebrate artists who paved the way.

5th November 2022

Critique: Philip Guston Now

Museums have been going through an existential crisis of sorts in the last decade or so; while some struggle to remain relevant altogether, others try to go out of their way to not be cancelled, or deemed as exclusively irrelevant.

14th October 2022

Eva Hesse, Expanded Expansion, 1969, Fiberglass, polyester resin, latex, and cheesecloth, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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14th August 2022

NYC Midnight Writing Challenge: Flash Fiction 2022, Round 1

Every ten years, the young girls of the village eagerly wait for their turn to be
presented to The Prince, hoping that they would be chosen to be his.

20th April 2022

Museu de Art de Sao Paulo: Histories of Sexuality

This exhibit was held during a time of great public unrest in Brazil, which can be, in turn, a great breeding ground for creating important and meaningful conversations in and around the world. All in all, it was largely successful in exploring ideas and themes that were otherwise subjected to political scrutiny and conjecture, especially in the Global South.

19th March 2022

Eva Hesse, Repetition Nineteen III, 1968, Fiberglass and polyester resin, nineteen units, The Museum of Modern Art

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28th November 2021

Decolonization: Museums and Their Responsibility to Own Their Past

Museums have an important role to play in society as both keepers of the past and educators of the future. They have a responsibility to adhere to decolonization to stay relevant in today’s society.

1st October 2021

Iconographic Analysis: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Domenico Ghirlandaio

Domenico Ghirlandaio was an important late quattrocento Renaissance artist who created large and magnificent frescos. The son of a goldsmith, he was also the teacher of a young Michelangelo1. Ghirlandaio’s Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints was painted for a church in Tuscany, and now rests in the Uffizi Museum in Florence. Completed in 1483 using tempera paint on wood, and standing at approximately six feet tall and wide, the painting is richly colored, highly symmetric, and densely packed with precise religious symbols and icons.

7th September 2021

Formal Analysis: Fra Filippo Lippi's Coronation of the Virgin

Fra Filippo Lippi was a friar artist that joined the trend of creating a more modern depiction of religious scenes of worship. Coronation of the Virgin, made between 1441 and 1447, was made as an altarpiece created for the church of Sant’Ambrogio, Florence. As opposed to the altarpieces that were made on separate panels and brought together as one piece via hinges, Lippi creates a single-paneled altarpiece, while still calling upon some traditional altarpiece styles.

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9th August 2021

After the Apocalypse: Museums in a Post-COVID-19 World

So, where do we go from here? How can museums continue to function in a society where public interaction is so strongly limited?

25th July 2021

Derek Jarman’s "Caravaggio": A Bafflingly Beautiful Sketch of a Troubled Artist

Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio is a perplexing and often dizzying tale of the troubled life of the sixteenth century Baroque artist, filled with puzzling voice-overs and dodgy plot devices, the film shakes you back and forth between twenty or so years of Caravaggio’s tormented life.

25th June 2021

Hokusai’s Great Wave: The Upsurge of an Icon

Exploring Hokusai's great work and it's influence on the world.