Guess which of these details is from the oldest figurative painting…from over 44,000 years ago. If you guessed the center image you are correct. All of the others are details from the visionary/outlier artist Tom Meyer’s paintings. Below is the latest painting from Meyer’s studio. I enjoy how the stones that seem to form a […]
John Waters may be a genius. He is the director of dozens of films, the author of nine books, a comedian whose tours sell out, and an artist with exhibitions in museums and fine art galleries. Wednesday night, I went for the 12th year in a row to his Christmas stand up act at the […]
TIME Magazine just announced Greta Thunberg as the Person of the Year for 2019. Rightly so. By an amazing synchronicity, Donovan has just released this week his newest album, ECO-SONG, and he dedicates the album to Greta Thunberg right on the cover of the CD. ECO-SONG consists of 21 remarkable songs written and recorded by […]
John Waters is presenting his annual stand-up comedy act, John Waters Christmas, on December 18th at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. I have been going every December to his hilarious and insightful live show. This year’s tour is called Filthier & Merrier… it is not for the faint of heart! The photo above is by […]
Chris Makos’ work is available through Govinda Gallery.
Tom Meyer’s work is available through Govinda Gallery.
Just a few months ago, I had the great pleasure of attending some boxing matches in West Belfast. The main event featured Michael “Mick” Conlan who is from West Belfast against Diego Alberto Ruiz. Michael won the fight, and it was a great celebration. Conlan won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics, which I […]
Irving Burgie, known professionally as Lord Burgess, who wrote many of Harry Belafonte’s greatest hits passed on over the weekend. Among the smash hits he wrote were “Jamaican Farewell,” “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song),” “Island In The Sun,” and more. He wrote 8 of the 11 songs on Belafonte’s Calypso album, the first album to […]
Today is Jimi Hendrix’s birthday. We are big fans of Jimi here at Govinda Gallery and have featured over the years the best photographs of the great musical artist. This is a photo of David Murray in 1993, now gallery manager at Govinda Gallery, visiting Jimi Hendrix’s grave in Renton, Washington, about 30 minutes from […]
Glenn O’Brien was my college chum at Georgetown University from ’65 to ’69. There was a small crew of us at Georgetown at that time who were interested in music, art, and writing, which included Bob Colacello and Michael Netter, and we all miraculously went to work with Andy Warhol after college. Glenn became the […]