Arts

“Our Little Sister”: A masterpiece
"Our Little Sister" is a film of surpassing beauty and sensitivity, a fully realized insight into family that unfolds patiently, with elegance and understanding.
July 25, 2016The Ohio art world financiers backing J.D. Vance and other Trump Republicans
November 7, 2022Trump-financiers like Mark Kvamme and the Schottensteins are sitting on local museum boards.
Read more‘Start from the heart’: Black photographer Adger Cowans, life and times
August 2, 2022Given the Jim Crow era in which Cowans grew up and matured, “I took all that racism and rejection and everything,” he said, “and I put it in my work."
Read moreFor artist Alice Neel, people always came first
April 4, 2022Virtually ignored for much of her early career, Alice Neel’s life and work are beacons for socially conscious artists, especially women.
Read moreCaravaggio at 450: A maverick Realist painter in the Baroque era
September 27, 2021Caravaggio is most frequently considered a Baroque artist. How true is this?
Read moreFiddler on the sidewalks of New York: What became of Tevye
July 2, 2021The date is July 4, 1914, and the perennial hard-luck Tevye is out on the street with his ice cream cart as the crowds (Jews, Irish, Italians) gather for the parade to start.
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