Arthur Bruso
Black Hole
Black holes have long held a fascination for me. The idea that all matter is going to be spiraling down a massive, insatiable hole
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Arthur Bruso
Aug 121 min read
Patrick Hughes at Art on Paper
The paintings are very reminiscent of Juan Gris with a touch of Joan Miro.
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Arthur Bruso
Aug 98 min read
When a Square is Just a Square
For an artist, inspiration can be a convoluted process. Many influences can converge to determine the final work of art.
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Arthur Bruso
Oct 2, 202310 min read
Loss and Disorder
Nearly her entire life, Virginia Woolf kept a record of her days in the form of diaries or journals.
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Arthur Bruso
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Science, Myth, Life, and Love
The libretto of Once She Dries tells the story of a coral reef in peril, in desperate need of shade and cooling.
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Arthur Bruso
Oct 28, 202212 min read
Little Cubes
In the spring of 1914, Picasso was still deep in exploring cubism and its possibilities as sculpture.
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Arthur Bruso
Sep 20, 20228 min read
Playing God
The first recorded Mesoamerican people, the Olmec (c. 1,600 – 400 BC) conceived of a god that controlled the life-giving rains.
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Arthur Bruso
Sep 20, 20222 min read
Work of the Penitent
THERE HAVE BEEN PRISONS ever since there have been civilizations with laws that could be violated, but the idea of reforming
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Arthur Bruso
Sep 19, 20221 min read
Mark Dion: An Archaeology of Disorder
An Archeology of Disorder was conceived by Mark Dion while artist in residence at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
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Arthur Bruso
Feb 21, 202212 min read
Unnatural Order
A female figure of the Cihuateteo type, depicts a woman who died during childbirth. The closed eyes and open mouth illustrate the trope of t
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Arthur Bruso
Jul 12, 202119 min read
Pray Me to Heaven
Souls in waiting: depictions of Purgatory And of that second kingdom will I sing Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself, And to...
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Arthur Bruso
May 28, 202115 min read
Domestic Abyss
Zapotec Tomb 104 at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Arthur Bruso
May 28, 20211 min read
Memory Box by Mark Dion
With this piece, Mark Dion explores our curiosity. The work is conceived as interactive, in that the viewer is welcome to take out the...
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Arthur Bruso
Dec 10, 202031 min read
Secrets of the Tome
For what is a grimoire, but a collection of magic spells recorded and used to call upon the supernatural to intercede in the lives of humans
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