LE CORBUSIER “Without a dealer and without a fixed market value… I find myself painting without selling.” The fortunes of the artist who wrote those words in 1948 at the age of 60 - - the late master architect Le Corbusier - - have improved considerably: His paintings have been selling at a steadily increasing [...]

ADVOCACY DAY The American Council for the Arts’ (ACA) Advocacy Day shines national spotlight on Federal funding for arts and culture as tens of thousands urge congress to support the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum Services, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Actors Christopher Reeve [...]

MEXICO: A WORK OF ART “Mexico has a culture of its own of which we are all proud.  From fathers to sons, from grandmothers to granddaughters, our national identity is recreated.  We shall never forego the wisdom our people have treasured and profited from throughout the centuries.  Knowledge of other civilizations enriches us. Sharing humanity’s [...]

MASKS: FACES OF CULTURE Dear Editor: What is a mask? To the Paleolithic hunter 17,000 years ago whose image was discovered on a cave wall in the south of France standing over a fallen prey - - his austere mask was the mystic source of his strength and skill. To a shaman exorcising a spell [...]