Founder and editor of Vasari21, Ann Landi placed Francis M. Naumann’s memoir, Mentors: The Making of an Art Historian, at the top of her suggested summer reading list. Landi has… Read more Arts writer Ann Landi recommends Mentors for Summer Reading →
Moriah Gill’s article, “Was Rose in ‘Titanic’ Based on a Real Person?” published by Rare highlights aspects of Beatrice Wood’s expansive career, including one amazing detail: Naumann’s recollections of Wood,… Read more Francis M. Naumann’s Mentors included in Beatrice Wood spotlight →
In a comprehensive review of Naumann’s Mentors, The Brooklyn Rail pays special attention not only to the author’s close relationship to accomplished potter Beatrice Wood, but the effects this relationship… Read more Naumann’s Mentors makes a “break from the sexist world” — Review from The Brooklyn Rail →
The Francis Naumann Gallery in Manhattan will host a film screening of Steven Watson’s Beatrice Wood Remembers, based on the life of the prolific artist who is central to Naumann’s book, Mentors.