Recently Published Feature Stories, Audio Interview
More stories are viewable on http://www.csmonitor.com, www.nytimes.com, and www.artinamericamagazine.com
Audio interview with Carol Strickland on her background and characters and events in novel "The Eagle and the Swan" is available at New Books in Historical Fiction website: http://newbooksinhistoricalfiction.com/2013/11/19/carol-strickland-the-eagle-and-the-swan-erudition-digital-2013/
Recent Feature Stories in print and online:
"Essential Shapes: Sculpture from the Ancient to the Avant-garde," Christian Science Monitor, January 12, 2021 https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2021/0112/Essential-shapes-sculpture-from-the-ancient-to-the-avant-garde
Review: Degas and the Opera, Christian Science Monitor, May 8, 2020 https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2020/0504/Degas-painted-dancers-and-musicians-with-deftness-and-authority?j=309118&sfmc_sub=13809113&l=1217_HTML&u=11218748&mid=10979696&jb=8&cmpid=ema:Books:20200508&src=newsletter
"The Canon Explodes: The Museum World Aims for Diversity," Oct. 13, 2019, https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2019/10/museum-diversity-art-history/?fbclid=IwAR3HmMe5YCMQn5_MGx1DcgW_Q8onDqCEhwgJ74aI1012nnjMtlHJodLw0Ao
"Can Art Help Unite a Diverse Society? Museums Aim to Find Out," Christian Science Monitor, Oct.10,2019, https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2019/1010/Can-art-help-unite-a-diverse-society-Museums-aim-to-find-out?cmpid=shared-facebook&fbclid=IwAR3XpUGL1gnAusrNtpzTf6y4J1LWHT_zytGbWis1AvI2zYzpx7Bp_6l-1ro
"When the Art World Became the Art Market," Christian Science Monitor, Sept.17, 2019
"The Audacity of Hype: the State of Narcissistic Trump Art," Sept.15, 2019, https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2019/09/trump-art/
"Leonardo da Vinci, after 500 Years, Still a Man in Full" clydefitchreport.com, August 12, 2019 https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2019/08/da-vinci-exhibit-drawings/
"Honoring Leonardo da Vinci, the Master who Never Stopped Experimenting," Christian Science Monitor, August 8, 2019
"Leonardo da Vinci, a Giant of Intellect, Prone to Distraction," Christian Science Monitor, August 8, 2019
"A Little Bird Told Me: Announcing the Trump Presidential Aviary," June 5, 2019, https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2019/06/trump-presidential-aviary/
"Muscle, Soul, and Vision [Chartles White at LACMA]," Alta, April 24, 2019 https://altaonline.com/muscle-soul-and-vision/?utm_source=Alta+Newsletter&utm_campaign=21c1c5a1aa-Independent+Bookstore+Day+4%2F25%2F2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bdb48a27fe-21c1c5a1aa-76158693
"Oscar Rejlander: Artist Photographer," Alta, April 24, 2019 https://altaonline.com/muscle-soul-and-vision/?utm_source=Alta+Newsletter&utm_campaign=21c1c5a1aa-Independent+Bookstore+Day+4%2F25%2F2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bdb48a27fe-21c1c5a1aa-76158693
"GainsboroughFamily Album: a New Look at an Old Master," May 4, 2019, https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2019/05/gainsborough-portrait-family-princeton/
"Trump's Perplexing Hair Explained: the Art of the Conceal," April4, 2018,
"At Driehaus Museum, Yinka Shonibare Fabricates Post-Colonial Identity," Clyde Fitch Report, April 8, 2019 https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2019/04/shonibare-driehaus-victorian-exhibition/
"Bauhaus Then and Now: Designers Draw Inspiration from Rich Legacy of Creativity," Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 5, 2019 https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2019/0205/Bauhaus-then-and-now-designers-draw-inspiration-from-rich-legacy-of-creativity
"A Perfect Marriage of Sculptor and Subject," Christian Science Monitor, Feb.28,2019 https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2019/0228/A-perfect-marriage-of-sculptor-and-subject
"The Lasting Impact of Sea Ranch," Alta magazine, January 2019 https://altaonline.com/the-lasting-impact-of-sea-ranch/?utm_source=Alta+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0ff08349ac-Sea+Ranch+1%2F24%2F2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bdb48a27fe-0ff08349ac-76158693
"Second Impression: Berthe Morisot at the Barnes Foundation," Art in America, Nov. 7, 2018 https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/second-impression-berthe-morisot-barnes-foundation/
"Impressionist Berthe Morisot Finally Gets Her Day, Clyde Fitch Report," Nov. 15, 2018 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/11/morisot-exhibition-barnes-impressionism/
"How Out-of-the-Way Arts Institutions Build Community," Clyde Fitch Report, Nov. 17, 2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/11/community-crystal-bridges-grace-farms/
"New Frontier at Tippet Rise Art Center: Access for All," Clyde Fitch Report, Nov.12, 2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com
/2017/10/tippet-rise-philanthropy-community/
"Sculptor Ruth Asawa Wires the World," Oct.19, 2018, https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/10/asawa-wire-sculpture-pulitzer-exhibition/
"Some Go Up: Lola Alvarez Bravo at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation," Art in America, October 9, 2018 https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/go-lola-alvarez-bravo-pulitzer-art-foundation/
"How to Servve Children, from the White House Cookbook," Aug.25, 2018, https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/08/children-satire-swift-modest-proposal/
"Spanish Masterpieces Bridge Cultures at the San Antonio Museum of Art," August 1, 2018 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/08/spanish-san-antonio-painting-exhibition/
"Nick Cave's Soundsuits Turn Dance into Political Action," Clyde Fitch Report, June 28, 2018 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/06/soundsuits-nick-cave-performance-armory/
"Paul Rucker Makes Klan Robes To Fight Racism," Clyde Fitch Report, June 2, 2018: http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/06/rucker-vcu-klan-robes-exhibition/
"Mending the Social Fabric: Richmond's New Institute for Contemporary Art," Art in America, May 9, 2018 https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/mending-social-fabric-richmonds-new-institute-contemporary-art/
"Addison Gallery Takes Aim at America's Gun Culture," May 4, 2018 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/05/gun-photo-exhibition-addison/
"Trump's Perplexing Hair Explained: the Art of the Conceal," Clyde Fitch Report," April 4, 2018 https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/04/hair-trump-reality/http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/04/hair-trump-reality/
"Revelatory Histories: Zurbarán and Murillo at the Frick Collection," Art in America, March 12, 2018 https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/revelatory-histories-murillo-zurbaran-frick/
"Pictorial and Political Lessons from Zurbarán: We Are Family," Clyde Fitch Report, March 6, 2018 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/03/zurbaran-judaism-jacob-frick/
"The Ups, Downs and Ups of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo," February 6, 2018, Clyde Fitch Report http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2018/02/murillo-frick-spanish-baroque/
"Even the Virgin Mary Has a #MeToo Story: The Annunciation," Clyde Fitch Report, Dec. 17, 2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/12/annunciation-metoo-art-history/
"Sanford Biggers Sculptures Evoke Violent History," Clyde Fitch Report, Sept. 22,2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/09/sanford-biggers-selah-black-lives-matter/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
"The Iceman Cometh: Guariglia Flies with NASA to Make Eco-Art," Art in America, Sept. 12, 2017 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/the-iceman-cometh-guariglia-flies-with-nasa-to-make-eco-art/
"Sarah Goldhagen: How Built Forms Form Us," Clyde Fitch Report, Aug. 25, 2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/08/goldhagen-book-architecture/
"Emphasis on the Magic: A Wyeth Retrospective, Art in America, July 11, 2017 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/emphasis-on-the-magic-a-wyeth-retropective/
"Ai Weiwei Puts You under Surveillance at the Armory," Clyde Fitch Report, June 30, 2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/06/ai-weiwei-herzog-de-meuron-surveillance/
"A Quest for Beauty: Tiffany's Mosaics at the Corning Museum of Glass," Art in America, June 16, 2017," http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/a-quest-for-beauty-tiffanys-mosaics-at-the-corning-museum-of-glass/
"Habitat 67 Turns 50: Sadie Talks Ethical Architecture," Clyde Fitch Report, June 2, 2017, http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/06/safdie-habitat-67-architect/
"Not Cool: Justin Guariglia Photographs Arctic Meltdown," Clyde Fitch Report, May 3, 2017, http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/05/justin-guariglia-nasa-climate-change/
"Three British Princesses Champion the Enlightenment," April 6, 2017, Clyde Fitch Report, http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/04/british-princesses-enlightenment-exhibition-yale/
"Yesterday's Xenophobia Today: Japanese Internment and Muslim Bans," Clyde Fitch Report, March 8, 2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/03/japanese-internment-exhibitions/
"A Human Touch: Ann Hamilton's Portraits at UT Austin," Art in America, Feb.10, 2017 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/a-human-touch-ann-hamiltons-portraits-at-ut-austin/
"Artists Address Revolution: Trump Today vs. 1917 Bolsheviks," Clyde Fitch Report, Feb.8, 2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/02/revolution-trump-lenin-stalin-artists/
"Seeing Red: When Russian Art and Politics Were Revolutionary," Clyde Fitch Report, Jan.14, 2017 http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2017/01/moma-russia-avant-garde/
"Fill in the Blanks: Photography at the Barnes," Art in America, Dec. 14, 2016,
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/fill-in-the-blanks-photography-at-the-barnes/
"Back to the Future: the Social-Activist Architecture of Moshe Safdie," Momus, Feb. 3, 2016
http://momus.ca/back-to-the-future-the-social-activist-architecture-of-moshe-safdie/
"From Exile to Acclaim: the Unlikely Story of Mu Xin and China's Reformation," Momus, Jan. 11, 2016
http://momus.ca/from-exile-to-acclaim-the-unlikely-story-of-mu-xin-and-chinas-reformation/
"'Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 1975' shows the Boss as he was," Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 8, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2015/1208/Bruce-Springsteen-and-the-E-Street-Band-1975-shows-us-the-Boss-as-he-was
"Interview with Carol Strickland," Art + Design magazine, Fall 2015, https://www.joomag.com/magazine/art-design-fall-2015-control/0447278001442959692?page=46
"Manifesto: The Future of Art Books is Digital," September 15, 2015, FutureBook http://www.thebookseller.com/futurebook/manifesto-ebooks-art-312408
"Shedding New Light on the Night: Obscurity and Clarity in the American Nocturne," Momus, Sept. 11,2015, http://momus.ca/shedding-new-light-on-the-night-obscurity-and-clarity-in-the-american-nocturne/
"Seeing Red; Understanding Kazuo Shiraga's Sudden Fame," Momus, April 8, 2015, http://momus.ca/seeing-red-understanding-kazuo-shiragas-sudden-fame/
"Ai Weiwei Breaks into Alcatraz," Art in America, Oct. 9, 2014 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/ai-weiwei-breaks-into-alcatraz/
"Getting the Lead Out: Mel Chin," Art in America, April 1, 2014 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/getting-the-lead-out-mel-chin/
"Sex in the City (Constantinople), Salon, January 9, 2014, http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=8342224&is_preview=1
“Duchamp Does Dallas,” Salon, November 20, 2013, http://open.salon.com/blog/carolartbeat/2013/11/20/duchamp_does_dallas
"Deep in the Art of Texas," Art in America, October 30, 2013 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/deep-in-the-art-of-texas/
“Miami Museum Looks South to Go Global,” Art in America, May 17, 2013, http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/news/2013-05-17/miami-museum-looks-south-to-go-global/
"Kandinsky Spoke 'Language of Color'," Christian Science Monitor, April 15, 2013 http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2013/0411/Kandinsky-spoke-language-of-color
"Going against the Grain: Interview with Sebastian Errazuriz," Art in America, March 28, 2013 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/conversations/2013-03-28/going-against-the-grain-interview-with-sebastian-errazuriz/
"King Herod, Master Builder, at the Israel Museum," Art in America, March 26, 2013 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2013-03-26/king-herod-master-builder-at-israel-museum-/
“Veronese in His Element,” Art in America, March 11, 2013 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2013-03-11/veronese-sarasota/
“How Basketry Preserved a People,” Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 17, 2012 http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2012/1213/How-basketry-preserved-a-people
“New Art Push at Dartmouth with Hood’s Aboriginal Show,” Art in America, Oct. 5, 2012 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2012-10-05/aboriginal-art-hood-museum/
"Beasts of the Southern Wild: Soul of a New Cinema," Salon, July 19, 2012, http://open.salon.com/blog/carolartbeat/2012/07/19/beasts_of_the_southern_wild_soul_of_a_new_cinema
"Wish You Were There" [exhibit at Albright-Knox], Art in America, May 25, 2012; http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2012-05-25/buffalo-avant-garde/
"'Half the Sky Exhibition' Hopes to Inspire Action," Christian Science Monitor, April 26, 2012; http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2012/0426/Half-the-Sky-exhibition-hopes-to-inspire-action
"New Orleans' Post-Katrina Artistic Revival Is in Full Swing," Christian Science Monitor, April 15, 2012; http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2012/0415/New-Orleans-s-post-Katrina-artistic-revival-is-in-full-swing
"Cities Are Banking on the Arts," March 5, 2012; http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2012/0301/Cities-are-banking-on-the-arts
"Theater for the 99%", www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2012/0125/Theater-for-the-99
“The Chef’s Art,” Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 19, 2011 (http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2011/1221/The-chef-s-art)
“Sean Scully Shows New Stripes at the Chazen,” Art in America, Nov. 28, 2011 (http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2011-11-28/sean-scully-chazen-museum/)
“Designing for Disaster,” Christian Science Monitor, October 31, 2011
(http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2011/1214/Designing-for-disaster)
“Moshe Safdie, Activist Architect,” Private Journey Magazine, July, 2011
“A Photo Fest Takes over Toronto,” [Ed Burtynsky], Art in America, May 27, 2011]
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/news/2011-05-27/toronto-edward-burtynsky-contact/
“Designing for Dignity” [Moshe Safdie], Christian Science Monitor, May 30, 2011, http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2011/0603/Designing-for-dignity
"Can an Artist Change Society?" [Ai Weiwei], C.S. Monitor, May 9, 2011
“Design Boosts the Bottom Line,” www.csmonitor.com, March 14, 2011 http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0323/What-do-Apple-GM-and-P-G-share-Design
“Painters of Light: Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand,” www.csmonitor.com, Feb. 14, 2011
“The Art of a Crowd: Wiki-Art Erases the Line between Artist and Audience,” www.csmonitor.com, January 17, 2011
“The Women of Pop [Female artists],” www.csmonitor.com, Nov. 15, 2010
“Riding Shotgun: Lee Friedlander Photographs from the Car,” www.csmonitor.com, Nov. 3, 2010
“Mirror Man” [Edward Albee], www.csmonitor.com, Sept. 13, 2010
“Creating Art from Birds, Bugs, and Bones,” www.csmonitor.com, June 21, 2010
“A Master’s Black and White World [Cartier-Bresson],” www.csmonitor.com, May 3, 2010
“Tibet Tour: Go to the Heart of its Buddhist Sacred Art,” www.csmonitor.com, April 15, 2010
“Photoshop and Facebook, Victorian Style [photocollage albums], www.csmonitor.com, March 15, 2010
“Tino Was Here: Is it art? For elusive performance artist Tino Sehgal, it’s immaterial,” www.csmonitor.com, Feb. 14, 2010
“The Mind of Tim Burton,” December 13, 2009
“Robert Frank: His Photos Recorded an Unvarnished America,” www.csmonitor.com, November 22, 2009
“A Rough Ride for the ‘Model Minority’: Museum of Chinese in America Punctures Old Stereotypes and Some Still Lurking,” www.csmonitor.com, November 15, 2009
“Madeleine Albright: Read My Pins,” www.csmonitor.com, October 9, 2009
“Taking the Artistic Pulse of Generation Y,” www.csmonitor.com, May 29, 2009
“Quixotic Land Art” [sculptor Andrew Rogers], www.csmonitor.com, May 10, 2009
“Reality, Imagined” [Western photography], www.csmonitor.com, April 26, 2009
“Orchids with a Brazilian Flair: The Bronx Pays Tribute to Pioneering Landscape Architect Roberto Burle Marx,” www.csmonitor.com, March 20, 2009
"Iconoclastic Architects Catalyze Shift to More Populist Style" (Venturi and Scott Brown), Christian Science Monitor, March 28, 1996
Carol Strickland has written a historical novel based on the scandals and achievements of 6th-century Empress Theodora and Emperor Justinian, rulers of Byzantium, antiquity's most controversial (and least known) power couple. For more information, go to http://www.theeagleandtheswan.com The novel, The Eagle and the Swan, is available as an eBook from Erudition Digital and in print from Echo Point Books.