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I am back to my Kitchen Basics series with The Stick: Lino print. The question that goes with The Stick is: Which end am I picking up? The one I want or the one I don’t want? Life can be so easy with a few basics. #kitchenbasics #thestick #tccolumbia #tccolumbiauniversity #estherhicks (at Dutchess County, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoF2cSNJiGZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Who needs VR when Nature herself gives you a triple round rainbow? I had a good portion of the USA to contemplate ROY G BIV. #roygbiv🌈 #usa🇺🇸 #vrart #jetblue (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnDQMrNpPgn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Checking in with Saarinen. We’ll see how it goes.#atjfk #saarinen (at John F. Kennedy International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnBFDUpjTRH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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To round out 2022, I visited Dia Beacon to face my inner demons with Richard Serra, be enlightened by Dan Flavin and delight as always in the genius of Gerhard Richter. I will send a free print from my Kitchen Basics series to the first person who can locate Jack and I in the Richter. I will end with: on this rainy misty night in NY it is important to respect your limits. For me that was the basement in Beacon. That space is only for the incredibly mentally stable. Whoa! Happy New Year All! #artmatters #diabeacon #richardserra #gerhardrichter #danflavin #happynewyear (at Dia:Beacon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2RZ_QJVhz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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M Duval: Kitchen Basics: A Present of Presence. I highly recommend this one for its ability to satisfy a variety of needs, smooth transitions and support a general well being. Merry Christmas to all. #artmatters #presence #merrychristmas (at Dutchess County, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmjZHrbOKHV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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If you understand art history there is no need to fear AI in form of Dall-E2 or Midjourney, because surely after literally thousands of years of artists mastering their skills to render 3D reality in a 2D field or in inanimate materials, the advent of the photograph left many in the arts feeling like it was the end of days just as it can be feeling now. Artists will make the leap now just as they did then. Maybe there is a reason beyond art market manipulation and a fetish for pretty objects that Impressionist Paintings are valued so highly - they bridged the gap to a new art world. We are just going to have to do it again. #artmatters #artai #dalle2 #midjourney (at Harvard Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmb7x5FLOQ8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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With Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanza all approaching, I give you from my Kitchen Basics Series: Robert Bly’s Bag. Bly spoke a lot about the parts of ourselves that we are required by life to put it a bag and not let out. Inevitably these same parts start to make waves over the holidays. I think it can be helpful to remember what is going on. Then hopefully we can be kinder to ourselves and others as we figure out how to transform them from weapons to true gifts. In red and gold #robertbly #artmatters #truegifts #christmas #hanukkah #kwanza https://www.instagram.com/p/CmMTNQnuldb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This well written but tragic article by Olivia Carville for Bloomberg Business Week is really important for the art world to pay attention to. It speaks to the power of images and their potentially tragic consequences. Art always includes artifice. We must educate ourselves and be responsible. #artmatters #oliviacarville #bloombergbusinessweek https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-30/is-tiktok-responsible-if-kids-die-doing-dangerous-viral-challenges (at Dutchess County, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl_goimukuY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My most recent Kitchen Basic: Alignment. As I get wiser, I get clearer about the importance of acting from a place of alignment. It seems to save a ton of time and energy. But I always think of it as right angles and straight lines. I was fascinated to draw the top of the spine and realize the squishy rather alive form that constitutes the foundation of our alignment.#kitchenbasics #artmatters (at Dutchess County, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cly9sbnpsEG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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December 1 is traditionally Day Without Art to mark the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the artistic community. This year I am thinking of Phyllida Barlow speaking about the artists who make work yet, go unseen for years even decades and the agony of that, like the agony of the AIDS epidemic for so many years. Here: Frontier, Undercover and Tryst from Barlow. #daywithoutart #phyllidabarlow #artmatters https://www.instagram.com/p/ClojFXsJzKa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I love the brilliance of China’s white paper protest, here being reported on by Reuters. The white paper says everything that needs to be said. And I take the opportunity to suggest that we in The West are increasingly subjected to our own version of control via the daily onslaught of non-art images that permeate our lives. We could do with a more emphatic protest ourselves. Spring studio 2023 for me will be looking again at these works from 1992 and thinking about how to update that discussion. #whitepaper #blackfriday #artmatters (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CljLKwtuC5b/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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After my beautiful family and friends, I am thankful for my notebooks. I write in my notebook every day and it helps me tremendously to stay on track and works things out before living them out in 3D. M Duval: The Notebook. Happy Thanksgiving to all. (at Dutchess County, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClWZxZju6bX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I have been saying “Cell phone in hand, we are all artists now.” But I meant the photo and it’s edits. Midjourney App is taking that statement to another level. These are my “works” done while waiting for my daughter to get out of her tonsillectomy. Frankly the App seems to bend heavily towards creepy. The Algo needs a lot of tweaking. Old School artists can rest easy a while longer. #artmatters #tonsils #aiart (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClEGJbTOKSY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My clients and friends know that I am often on my soap box about the power of images, especially when they are not considered art as that gives us a free pass to not think too much when we consume them. This new book out from The School of Life does a lot to support my thesis. For your own sanity, check it out. And then put on a pair of my new: Love Goggles, when viewing any non-art image. #artmatters #schooloflife #tccolumbiauniversity #tccolumbia (at Dutchess County, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1S_hMpJIl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I first encountered Lee Bontecou’s work in the lobby of the David H Koch theatre at Lincoln Center when on my way to The Nutcracker. The piece is titled 1964 and was commissioned for the building in 1964. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered Lee was a woman. Then, I understood better her unique combination of fame and obscurity; power and secrecy; warning and embrace. Bontecou died yesterday at 91. (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkwBLHwJvmR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy Anniversary. (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkvTnOxOrz6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I said it before, I will say it again: Get Out There, Vote and Be Counted. I am especially counting on my sisterhood of strong, independent and capable women who value our rights. (at Dutchess County, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CktOSUauIV0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=