Art Now

This trip has been an amazing opportunity to see so much art! Both Contemporary and historical. I am very grateful to have this truly once in a life time opportunity. While I have loved being able to see all of this art I have often found myself feeling kind of gross. On this trip I…

During midterm break, I was fortunate enough to visit the East Side Gallery, a 1,316 meter stretch of the Berlin Wall. It depicts about 101 different paintings from numerous artists around the world and expresses the sheer joy of the fall of this infamous structure as well as the hopes and dreams for a better…

I was not aware of my status as an art tourist until I travelled to Rome. A group of us spent an eventful weekend visiting some of the most touristy destinations. My mindset was that of someone who felt the need to see everything all at once, essentially, a tourist. I wanted to take everything…

Most people are familiar with the story of Pinocchio, the marionette turned real boy who is led astray towards lying and his own desires. The original story written in 1883 was aimed at the public to combat lying and laziness, addressing themes relevant to the times. Shifting now to 2017, Rachel Maclean, the Glasgow-based artist…

So before I left for this trip, I was told time and time again that Venice (most of Europe, for that matter), had a few major differences from the US, particularly in regards to access to water in public. The most repeated piece of advice I was given was “Buy A Water Bottle.” I was…

My name is Kellen Dorchen, I am a prospective computer science and now art history double major from South Carolina, class of 2020.  This is my first time outside of the U.S. not including two brief trips to Canada growing up.  My flight was a struggle and luggage was not much better but arriving in…

When the 2017 Venice Biennale first opened, countless art blogs and writers were quick to offer their opinions and critiques. Knowing that many visitors would only spend a few days in the city, these insiders published countless articles on the must-see pavilions and exhibitions at the Biennale. If you have a limited amount of time,…

This past weekend, three of my fellow students and I were able to take a two day trip to Rome by bus. 20 waking hours in one of the most important cultural centers of the Western world was a daunting task, so, in order to cope and see as much as possible, I went into…

don’t hate the player, hate the game.   Although I new that this blog post was coming, I’ll admit that upon arriving in Venice, I hadn’t given much though to the idea of cultural art tourism beyond the topical. (I think that the cultural component is a much more problematic aspect of art tourism than…

Them Bones. I’m easily intrigued by the morbid experiences that history has to offer, so of course, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit what the website in Rome calls a “Bone Church”. I was ready for bones, and lots of them. I imagined a place similar to the crypts in Paris, where the walls…