By Juan Butten On October 22, I had the honor of participating in a Zoom talk organized by the Mellon Foundation. The event, titled “Creativity

By Juan Butten The first time I visited MoMA was at the beginning of the year 2000. On that occasion, the paintings that caught my

By Juan Butten For me, one of the advantages of living in New York has always been access to so much art. Today, I cross

By Juan Butten A week ago, I decided to make one more call to Strand Book Store. For a couple of years, I had been

By Juan Butten Since I moved to New York, I have always wanted to visit the grave of Miles Davis, just like other fans of

By Juan Butten In mid-March of this year, I learned about the sale of “Interchange” by Willem de Kooning for the astounding sum of 300