Category: Art

Herb & Dorothy

“A couple of very modest means manages to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history.” pbs.org “It all began in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan… An art collection built by a postal clerk and a librarian that has now spread throughout America.” They have spent their lives paying the bills with […]

Prison Outside Prison

It is all about prisoners. Specifically, it is about juvenile prisoners. The picture below shows us an expression that is obviously not exclusively present inside bars. Outside bars is almost the same… Just look around and you will see most of people locked up inside their blindness. Photography by Richard Ross.

My Birthday with Steve McQueen

It is not everybody that is keen of contemporary art but – for sure – everyone is capable of appreciating it. All we need is sensitivity and education.  The Black British artist Steve McQueen is only a little more than 40 years old but already acclaimed all over the world. So, today was my birthday […]

Perceptual Constancy and Audrey Heller’s Photography

Perceptual constancy is an important aspect of our interaction with the world. The size constancy is the easiest one to understand. For example, two telephone poles look the same size when the first is viewed from 100 meters and when the second is viewed from 1 meter, even though the visual angle is very different. A […]