Recently, I’ve seen that many people in the Western world have begun to question our general collective aversion to color. Real estate agents recommend keeping walls in neutral colors and investing in ...

Two exhibitions highlight an art movement defined by diverse cultural influences, upending the traditional hierarchy of visual art.

“No other decorative device or object can accomplish so much per dollar as wallpaper.” That’s the midcentury decorator Michael Greer, writing in his gem of a book “Inside Design,” published in 1962.

“We connect after dinner (with a burning paper and a falling stone)” by Michael Van Winkle is on display at Albany Library’s Pine Hills branch on Western Avenue. Richard Garrison’s “New Fiction Color ...