In Magick Without Tears Aleister Crowley suggested that artists engage in gnostic experience during their acts of creati0n: “…all true Art is spontaneous, is genius, is utterly beyond all conscious knowledge or control…” No artistic movements seemed more closely intertwined… Continue Reading
ArchaeologyNewsNetwork reported that unusually high water levels in Venice saw a historical basilica being flooded: “St Mark’s Basilica in Venice was damaged by Monday’s exceptionally high acqua alta in the lagoon city, the First Procurator of St Mark’s, Carlo Alberto… Continue Reading
It seems as if the unknown chapter of Art history is writing itself at the moment and people are queuing up to see what all the fuss is about. It was by chance that Hilma af Klint was even discovered and… Continue Reading
AL Monitor (gotta love that name!) recently ran a story on a Jerusalem-based artist, Eitam Tubul who has been creating and posting amulets for protection for common modern day problems. I do love the way one is able to activate… Continue Reading
HALLOWEEN ESOTERIC ART EXHIBITION NYC – NOCTEM DIABOLI! Stephen Romano Gallery Halloween Art Exhibition Spectacular 2018 Stephen Romano Gallery presents “NOCTEM DIABOLI” (Devil’s Night), a one night exhibition event at The Living Gallery Outpost at 246 East 4th Street NYC… Continue Reading
MAGICK & MUSIC: COIL’S DREW MCDOWALL EXPLAINS RITUAL AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS from ELECTRONIC BEATS Coil’s cult-like fanbase knows that the band, which fluctuated in membership over its more than twenty years of existence, was deeply entrenched in occult doctrines… Continue Reading
CRITIC’S PICK ‘Hilma Who?’ No More Spiritual sparks helped inspire the radical and visionary art of Hilma af Klint, the new (old) name to know. Her work is on view at the Guggenheim. The New York Times Roberta Smith… Continue Reading
Quartz.com has posted a story about the latest discoveries in the ruins of the Roman town of Pompeii which, famously, was quickly buried in ash and lava from the eruption of the volcano, Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. These include… Continue Reading
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York will be hosting the Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future exhibition October 12, 2018 – January 27, 2019 featuring 161 works by the pioneering abstract artist whose work was informed by her… Continue Reading
A retrospective of filmmaker John Waters’ work comes to the Baltimore Museum of Art October 7, 2018 — January 6, 2019. On Saturday, October 27, William Blake Lodge will be taking a field trip to see the exhibit. According to… Continue Reading