Christopher Volpe's Art Blog

One artist/art historian's random take on the world's great paintings.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Don't Beg, Just Borrow and Steal

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Christopher Volpe, Illumination , 24" x 36" 2016 (?) “What does it mean,” says Picasso, “for a painter to ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Tree Hugger

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This compelling painting is part of a show in Boston this summer (2026) at HallSpace in Dorchester called "What Do Trees Know?" Th...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

And Then You Do: A Poem by Tom Clark

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Bartholomeo Bettera (1639 - 1699) (Italian), Still Life with Musical Instruments  and Books Poem Like musical instruments Abandoned in a ...
Friday, August 9, 2024

Painting is a Revelation of Being

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Albert Pinkham Ryder, The Canal , 1890, 19" x 25" “Painting isn’t about beauty.  Beauty is about consciousness.  Beauty i...
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Saturday, October 28, 2023

Vermeer's Geographer (an Enigma)

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Vermeer, The Geographer, 1662 The Mapmaker Vermeer's geographer goes on looking  out of the window at a world that ...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

On Presence: Notes on Painters' Painters

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Warning: Wayward philosophical-aesthetic ramblings ahead! When I've pondered the meaning of the phrase "a painter's painter...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021

The Curious Case of the Too-Talented Artist

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Robert Longo was once an art world rockstar. Alongside the likes of Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine, and David Salle, he becam...
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