Providence in Signs
Author’s note: If you have somehow managed neither to see Signs nor learn the ending, there are spoilers ahead. As a Christian watching M….
Read Morecriticism
Art and Mind Games
On Sunday, 20 June, the Guardian posted an article titled, ‘Why Modern Art is all in the Mind,‘ reviewing a forthcoming book titled, ‘How…
Read More
Deadly Theatre and a Plea for Creativity
Imagine yourself sitting in a theatre waiting for a play to begin. The lights dim, the curtain is pulled, and the first actors emerge…
Read More
The Most Important Production of Art?
If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for,…
Read More
Buren’s Columns
In 1986 Daniel Buren created Les Deux Plateaux (commonly referred to as ‘Buren’s Columns’) in the courtyard of the Palais-Royal in Paris. The work,…
Read More
The Calling of Christian Artistry: A Quick Look at Howard Finster
When I lived in Atlanta, I would keep a membership to the High Museum of Art, that way if was ever bored in the…
Read More
Objectivity, Subjectivity, Worldview, and Art
Imagine a large, circular room with several tiers of chairs along its inner walls. In the centre of the room is a large globe…
Read More
The Value of (Art)Work
Political philosopher…turned mechanic…turned New York Times Bestseller? That’s Matthew B. Crawford for you. His book Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value…
Read More
Harlots Peddling Beauty…
Diary of an Arts Pastor recently listed his top 41 artist biographies. The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone’s biography of Michelangelo, made no….
Read More