2025 New Year Book List by Paul G. Chandler

“You can’t begin too soon to encourage an appreciation of art! And each artwork has a story.” THE PROMISE OF NEW LIFE – A New Member of...

By Paul G. Chandler - September 19, 2024. Rembrandt van Rijn, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem , 1630, oil on panel, 58cm...

By Paul G. Chandler - August 29, 2024 Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper , 1494-1498, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy / Wikipedia...

-Exhibition: “RED CARD” by Khalifa Mané – hosted by   Galerie Mémoires Africaines , Saly, Senegal “I am a revolutionary artist. I am an...

By Paul G. Chandler - July 29, 2024 Ferdinand Bol, Angel Appearing to Elijah,  1642, Oil on canvas I have been struck by the number of...

An Interview by DakArtNews DakArtNews in Dakar, Senegal interviewed me regarding my own journey of growing up immersed in Senegal’s...

By Paul G. Chandler - June 23, 2024 My daughter, of whom I am inestimably proud, has devoted her life to assisting young people with...

-Exhibition: “The Lost World” by Soly Cissé – hosted by OH GALLERY, Dakar, Senegal Viewing Soly Cissé's Monde perdu # 5 , 2024, Pastel on...

Painting - “ Large Senegalese Family 2”  by Alioune Diagne, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 297 x 207 cm (Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar,...

Today I came across the wisdom of a contemporary sage, Maria Popova, the founder of The Marginalian: "Everything is eventually...

Over the last months, unexpected events and other peoples’ agendas have led me to focus anew on spiritually delayering - allowing layers,...

While preparing to travel to Senegal, a friend of mine, who is Nigerian, albeit based in Qatar, wrote me; “My best wishes as you...

Exhibition - “Pilgrimage” by Aliou Diack – hosted by OH Gallery  at Maison Ousmane Sow "I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat...

"African Renaissance Monument" There is a fresh wind of hope blowing throughout the country of Senegal following their recent...

Kehinde Wiley's "Maze of Power" exhibition It is deeply inspiring to be here in Dakar, Senegal…the Land of “Teranga,” meaning the Land of...

By Paul G. Chandler - May 18, 2024 Yasser Rostom, The Coming Supper, Ink and watercolor. This weekend the feast of Pentecost is being...

“You can’t begin too soon to encourage an appreciation of art! And each artwork has a story.” Baba showing his grandkids "The Tree" by...

“You can’t begin too soon to encourage an appreciation of art! And each artwork has a story.” Baba showing his grandkids "The Mystic" by...

“You can’t begin too soon to encourage an appreciation of art! And each artwork has a story.” Baba showing his grandkids Boutros Al Maari...