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Sketchbook #31: Larry Silver

October 15, 2025 Talking Pictures 0

  I have always thought of Silver’s work as abstract and enigmatic. Now I can see it is also explosive, comical and full of images: forests, people, machines,  seas and ships, carnival rides and storms. […]

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Sketchbook # 30: James Bascara paints Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low”

October 3, 2025 Talking Pictures 0

Recently remade by Spike Lee (Highest to Lowest), Kurosawa’s version tells the story of Japanese businessman Kingo Gondo (the fabulous Toshiro Mifune) struggling for control of the major shoe company at which he is a […]

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Singers Unlimited: Saturday 8:00am-10:00am, Sunday 8:00am-10:00am, and Thursday 6:00am-8:00am WBGO 88.3 FM

June 14, 2025 Talking Pictures 0

I woke up this morning singing “Love, Love is the answer…” Why? Because it has to be. Lezlie Harrison* and Janis Siegel* are singers, deep scholars of the human voice and the funniest, coolest and […]

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Sketchbook # 29: Judith Linhares

June 4, 2025 Talking Pictures 0

  A few weeks ago at Linhares’ show at PPOW, I was looking at recent still lives and wondered if she sketched and miraculously she appeared in the gallery and I was able to ask […]

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Peggy Ahwesh reviews César Aira’s “Festival”

April 4, 2025 CNQ 0

  Peggy Ahwesh experimental film and video maker extraordinaire, whose work has been featured on Talking Pictures (see below) and who has been to more film festivals than you can shake a stick at, offers […]

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Sketchbook # 28: James Biederman

February 18, 2025 Talking Pictures 0

  Sensual and enigmatic—the two words that come to mind when I think of Biederman’s work. This is his description: “I am attaching five watercolors I painted outside Mexico City in 2023. I had a […]

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Sketchbook #27: Laura Newman

January 10, 2025 Talking Pictures 0

  The three sets of drawings below, Orient, Rome, and Pont Blanc show what a startling effect a change of scene makes in Newman’s work. This is what she writes about them: “ I think of […]

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A Christmas Present from Talking Pictures: Giancarlo Vulcano’s Radio Play: “Cooking With Pomiane’

December 24, 2024 Talking Pictures 0

    My wonderful neighbor and fabulous cook, the composer, Giancarlo Vulcano performs Eduardo de Pomiane’s charming advice on how to host a dinner party. —CNQ      “Adored by his public and his pupils, […]

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

November 7, 2024 Talking Pictures 0

A silly saccharine song until you’re driving along one day vaguely listening to jazz on WBGO and recognize what John Coltrane is playing. For “when the dog bites.” Like now. —CNQ   THE SOUND OF […]

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Ukiyo-ye technique: Misty day in Nikko – 1. carving the key block

July 13, 2024 Talking Pictures 0

A contemporary apprentice in the art of cutting woodblock prints explains his technique. He also gives an interesting description of various types of lines and how he cuts bothe sides of them differently. Hiroshige’s 100 […]

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