Dany is an art historian, author, and fiction writer currently working on her second novel. You can read about her art writing archived on her website and follow along as she jams on her planners. You can give her a holler @dany3chan .
Art
Within their historical context in an exhibition at Freer | Sackler, the empresses of China’s Qing Dynasty succeeded in making meaningful lives for themselves, and that is something to celebrate and admire.
Art
Two exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art revel in the unique strangeness of one’s mind.
Art
Kimono Refashioned asks what it is about the kimono that has captivated designers worldwide, for well over a century.
Art
The individual visual narratives in Time Frames make up our collective human history.
Art
A new exhibit showcases contemporary takes on the millennia-old art of textile-making, from El Anatsui's shimmering bottle-cap tapestries to Nevet Yitzhak's renditions of Afghan war rugs.
Art
A new exhibition at FIT chronicles the evolution of a “punk, pretty, powerful color” in the world of fashion.
Film
Ava DuVernay's sci-fi blockbuster follows its characters from a verdant world right out of a Hudson River School painting to a glowing space worthy of James Turrell.