This year's much-anticipated "Ekphrasis" exhibit opens Wednesday at the Artists' Co-op in Mendocino. The annual group exhibit is inspired by "ekphrasis," an ancient Greek word that means "to speak out ...

"In the Musée des Beaux Arts" by WH Auden Auden's poem is one of the most famous examples of ekphrasis: the recreation in words of a work of art. It describes Pieter Brueghel's painting Landscape With ...

When Bloomington poet Patsy Rahn entered The Venue to choose a piece of artwork to inspire her next poem, there were about five left to choose from, she said. She looked around the room for ...

Ekphrasis is a literary mode that spans the entire breadth of literature, from Achille’s shield to Auden’s ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’. Defined by James Heffernan as “the verbal representation of graphic ...

The Calistoga Art Center successfully entertained and amazed over 200 guests at the First Annual Ekphrasis Art Gala last Saturday. The event was so well received that the Art Center will stay open 1 – ...

Courtesy photo / This work by Cara Livorio is one in the “Return to Eden” exhibit now on display through Dec. 23. The artist’s works inspired the play “Ekphrasis” written by Scott Riner, who adapted ...

With Duggan’s opening line, Nolan’s idiosyncratically clashing, indecorous palette — fluorescing blue skies, vivid orange and ochre, the murky greens and browns — surges into view. The ominously large ...