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Giovanni Garcia-Fenech

Giovanni Garcia-Fenech is a painter based in Queens. His writing has appeared online at artnet, Artforum, Art in America, and Wired. His artwork has been exhibited throughout the United States, as well as in Iceland and Puerto Rico.You can follow him at https://www.instagram.com/giovannigfnyc/.

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Telltale Signs of a Young Artist

by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech August 2, 2017August 1, 2017

The indicators that I would become an artist weren’t about drawing talent; they were about knowing I was special.

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The Time Edward Albee Almost Bought My Painting

by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech July 5, 2017July 3, 2017

As a clichéd Gen X art student, I was too arrogant for my own good.

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Goodbye to All That: Why Do Artists Reject the Art World?

by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech March 7, 2017March 2, 2020

Martin Herbert’s latest book is a collection of essays about 10 artists who play with the system, struggle against it, or walk away altogether.

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5 Books to Read About Artists Under Nazism

by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech December 13, 2016December 12, 2016

How do artists function under tyranny?

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The Mystery of the Painter of Light™

by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech March 31, 2015April 6, 2015

Thomas Kinkade was a painter of cabins, lighthouses, and improvable sunsets. He was an avowed evangelical Christian who fortified his saccharine landscapes with passages from the scriptures.

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