03/02/2014
Category: Idle Chatter
Field notes on arts, culture, and everything else from our critic-at-large.
02/13/2014
Vermeer and the Threshold
by Morgan Meis
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01/31/2014
Sweeping Smooth
by Morgan Meis
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01/24/2014
A Brush with Evil
by Morgan Meis
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01/13/2014
Jerk Reaction
by Morgan Meis
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12/16/2013
Visits from Christmas Past
When we think about Christmas in conjunction with the life of Christ we remember exactly how painful this time of year can be.
by Morgan Meis
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12/11/2013
Searching for Michelangelo
Michelangelo’s most famous work doesn’t show us anything about the life of the artist himself. For those works, he had to understand suffering first.
by Morgan Meis
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11/21/2013
City Views
Forget what Léger can offer the city; what can the city offer the painter?
by Morgan Meis
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11/06/2013
Don’t Trust the Painting
Magritte taught us to distrust the painting. In doing so, he taught us something about the world.
by Morgan Meis
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10/15/2013