Category Archives: Art

For Cats Every Day Is Caturday

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Updating The Classics

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Hotel Art

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

I have stayed in literally hundreds of hotel rooms over the years, but I rarely pay close attention to the furnishings or amenities. Unlike Japanese architect Kei Endo who focuses intently on her hotel surroundings. She then creates beautifully rendered … Continue reading →

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All in the Family

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the nationwide release of what in my humble opinion is the finest American film ever made. The Godfather is an epic American story directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based … Continue reading →

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TGIF (Thank God It’s Frida)

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Recommended Reading

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Art Against War

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

 The 4th Block is an association of Ukrainian artists and designers that is focused on social justice and environmental issues. It was founded in 1991 by graphic designer Oleg Veklenko  after his personal experience dealing with the Chernobyl nuclear plant … Continue reading →

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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

I first read George Orwell’s seminal anti-totalitarianism satire  Animal Farm when I lacked the political sophistication to truly understand the significance of the story, but some how I managed to grasp the essential themes of idealism, power and corruption in … Continue reading →

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About suffering they were never wrong

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts,” written in 1938, is one of the better-known examples of ekphrasis, or poems inspired by artworks, up there with Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and Rilke’s “Archaic Torso of Apollo.”Auden’s subject is … Continue reading →

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Stand With Ukraine

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

It’s heartening to see the response from street artists around the world who have created amazing murals to support the Ukrainian people in such a short period of time.  

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