IN CONVERSATION WITH LINDA MOORE ABOUT HER NOVEL ATTRIBUTION
Originally published in September 2022 I am excited to introduce discussion with authors to Art With Tosca. To launch this new project, I met with Linda Moore, a talented author living in California. Linda wrote a wonderful book, Attribution, which takes her readers to New York and the wonders of Seville! In this first episode […]
« LET THE MONA LISA EAT CAKE »
Originally published in June 2022 On Sunday 29th of May, the famous Mona Lisa was the victim of the most absurd attack. A man, dressed as an elderly lady stood up from a wheelchair, threw a cream pie on the painting before spreading it on the museum glass protection and leaving behind him a few […]
ON RENAISSANCE GENTLEWOMEN RECEDING HAIRLINE
It is not rare to come across Renaissance paintings depicting women showing a very prominent forehead. Poets’ descriptions of women’s ideal beauty in Renaissance literature played a huge role in shaping women’s beauty canons. Renaissance women worked hard to meet an impossible ideal of female beauty, always created by men. In some of his pieces, […]
A LIST OF MY FAVORITE ART MOVIES & DOCUMENTARIES
There’s a little something for everyone’s taste – true stories, novel adaptations, art market scandals, robberies, and biopics! I’d love to hear about your favorites so if you are thinking of a movie that should make it to this list get in touch! Art movies • The Woman in Gold, 2015 • The Best […]
TALE OF A TUSCAN GARDEN
Originally published on February 28th, 2022 As we get closer and closer to Spring, Winter seems to be dragging on and I am longing for warm weather and garden walks. I am looking forward to seeing nature blossom again and I thought I would share with you a very special place tucked in the hills […]
LISTEN TO OUR STORY IN A PODCAST
In April, I had the honor to be interviewed in a podcast with Mariel Fry from Travel Experiences Reimagined. I shared the story of how Art With Tosca was born, talk about some of my favorite artists, a little bit about the story of the National Gallery in Washington D.C. as well as my some […]
