Category Archives: Arts

Here is a modest photo essay of the permanent installation of Ancient Greek art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I hope that it gives you a hint of the richness of the exhibit. Under each … Continue reading →

(This isn't exactly 'Arts' but this section is for any topics that are not political in nature.) If you are a young guy living in a small town in upstate New York and you want to become world famous, what … Continue reading →

Nicholas Bobrovsky is not an artist by profession. He is a retired General Electric engineer. But the quality of the Byzantine-style icons that he produces is, in a word, professional. And the fact that Bobrovsky is a parishioner at St. … Continue reading →

The Origins of El Greco: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete, a survey of Christian religious paintings from Crete during the period in which Venice dominated the island. Onassis Cultural Center, New York, New York. (This exhibit is now closed.) If you … Continue reading →

The Strange World of Albrecht Durer: An exhibit of Durer prints highlighting the fantastic aspects of the artist’s imagination and iconography. The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts Mention the name of German artist Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) and you will always … Continue reading →

Charleston, South Carolina is a beautiful city. I attended a conference there in August 2011 and strolled the streets several times to enjoy the historic architecture. Here are just a few pictures for your enjoyment. Note the top one: The … Continue reading →

A master in his field accomplishes things that are separate from the ordinary, things that reveal the essences of a higher hidden world that reveals all the mysteries. The Ancient Greeks had knowledge so extraordinary that their temples to this … Continue reading →

(This is a column that I wrote that was published on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times in 1981. I was living in Vermont at the time.) WARREN, Vt. – In June 1975 I rode a freight train … Continue reading →

The Unknown Monet, Pastels and Drawings, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Also: Side by side; Millet and Van Gogh. And: Gainsborough, Constable and Turner, The Manton Collection: Selections from the bequest to The Clark by insurance magnate Sir Edwin AG … Continue reading →

Being an American of Greek descent, and being a genuine and unrepentant lover of beauty, I, Nikitas, always look to the Ancient Hellenes for the roots of modern beauty. It could be said that the Greeks “discovered” our modern concept … Continue reading →

The Western Railroad of Massachusetts, with construction commenced in 1830 and completed in 1841, was derided as “a railroad to the moon” by one Boston newspaper at the time it was proposed. It was intended to link Boston to Albany, … Continue reading →

Remington Looking West, paintings and drawing by Frederic Remington at The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Also, drawings by Claude Lorrain at The Clark. The name Frederic Remington is synonymous with artistic depictions of the American West. Yet he was … Continue reading →

I love auto racing, all kinds really. Because the cars are very artistic – the colors, the forms. So I take photos of them and of the people involved. This section will grow as I add pictures. The two gentlemen … Continue reading →

I lived in New York City for 13 years but I only went into the World Trade Center once. And that was before I even lived in the city. I moved to New York in 1985 but my first and … Continue reading →

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective, an exhibit at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Massachusetts. This show will  be on view from 2008 to 2033 (yes, 25 years…) I, Nikitas, have a theory that most of so-called … Continue reading →