“THE SHAMANIC EYE” at galleryX, Dublin curated by Stephen Romano, explores the artist as healer.

The exhibition which runs November 30 – January 16 features William Mortensen (1897-1965), alongside the art of Chris Stein, Edward Colver, Courtney Brooke Hall, Cormac Figgis, Brittany Rose Luciani, Andres Serrano, Adam De Ville, Ken Weaver, Erik Bergrin and Alexis… Continue Reading

“HOMAGE TO H.R. GIGER” at Vincent Castiglia Gallery in Fort Lauderdale curated by Stephen Romano

feature image: H.R. Giger, Victory V (Satan) (1983) “Homage to H.R. Giger” and “Stations of Embodiment” The Art of H.R. Giger and Vincent Castiglia curated by Stephen Romano with contributions from Michael Bonesteel Robert Cozzolino and Christopher Ian Lutz Vincent… Continue Reading

“WITCH’S EYE: THE CAMERA LENS AS OCCULT DEVICE” WILLIAM MORTENSEN’S ART AND LEGACY

The exhibition features works by the following artists William Mortensen (1897 -1965) Lorena Torres Martell Brittany Rose Luciani Edward Colver Matthew Dutton Stephen Romano Gallery in Brooklyn and WᛉRD WAR Gallery in Portland Oregon, are pleased to announce their first collaboration, an exhibition of the vintage photography of William Mortensen, accompanied by a selection of contemporary photographic artists whom have felt the impact of Mortensen‘s works in their own art.   The exhibition, organized by a champion of the esoteric, curator, collector and private… Continue Reading

“Masterwork by the ultimate outsider artist Henry Darger, hidden for years, exhibited online..”

A masterwork by the ultimate outsider artist Henry Darger, hidden for years, exhibited online is being unveiled online in anticipation for 2022’s version of the Outsider Art Fair by the prestigious New York Gallery Ricco/Maresca.   Darger is perhaps the… Continue Reading

THEATRE of the VOID: YVES KLEIN

THEATRE of the VOID After the prestigious Tate Liverpool, BOZAR welcomes the exhibition of the renowned French artist Yves Klein in the spring of 2017. Klein, famous for his ultramarine monochromes, produces works that are interpretations of his ideas on spiritual… Continue Reading

The Magus of Paris and the Occult Roots of Modernism

Great to see Joséphin Péladan & Salon de la Rose + Croix get there due in The New Yorker . Finally it seems as the Occult Roots of Modernism are being acknowledged. BWH  The Magus of Paris and the Occult… Continue Reading

Celluloid and Charcoal – The ‘CHAMANIC’ Cross-roads of Mario Mercier

  Erotic Folk Horror Master Mario Mercier’s New Series of Shamanic Drawings. Posted April 2017 bt 5T1V for LEXICON Mag Born in 1936, Mario Mercier is mostly known by movie buffs for his full-length films Erotic Witchcraft (La Goulve, 1972)… Continue Reading