Nathan Scheer

Nathan Scheer is contributor to The Artoholic and a webmaster for TheArtExperts.org, who is currently studying History and International Studies at Elon University in North Carolina. He has also worked for Rehs Galleries, Inc. and Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., which specialize in 19th and 20th Century European paintings and contemporary academic paintings, respectively, as well as Christie's Rockefeller Center.

Nathan Scheer has written 43 posts for THE ARTOHOLIC

Sisters No More: Strain on US-Japanese Relations Because of a Statue

Posted by Nathan Scheer ⋅ November 27, 2017 ⋅ Leave a comment

The concept of the sister city started sometime in the 1950s, but a lot of people tend only to know the term from browsing a town’s Wikipedia page. New York and Beijing are sister cities, as are Paris and Seoul, as well as Krakow and Edinburgh. This particular bond between cities is meant to strengthen … Continue reading →

Recap (June 22 – July 6)

Posted by Nathan Scheer ⋅ July 7, 2017 ⋅ Leave a comment

So, I’ll be doing something I’ve never done before here. I’ll be doing a recap of roughly the past two weeks. Because a lot of notable stuff has been going on, and it would be wrong to talk about just one of these stories. First thing’s first… Salvador Dalí’s daughter. In late June, a Spanish … Continue reading →

28 Years Later

Posted by Nathan Scheer ⋅ June 3, 2017 ⋅ Leave a comment

I’ve taken an interest in photography lately. I think it started in January, when I saw Letizia Battaglia’s Palermo photographs. They were on display at the MAXXI in Rome. To see something nearly a world away, in a different time, from a completely different perspective through a single photograph, a single moment, is one of … Continue reading →

Painting the Upside Down

Posted by Nathan Scheer ⋅ March 25, 2017 ⋅ Leave a comment

Hey, I’m back. I know I’ve been away for a while, but I’ve been roaming about Southern Europe for a month… … on top of that, I’ve been trying to manage my schoolwork among other things. To make up for roughly three months of radio silence, I’ve decided to write about something that I know everyone … Continue reading →

January 2017

Posted by Nathan Scheer ⋅ January 2, 2017 ⋅ 1 Comment

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope everyone is relieved that 2016 is finally over, and that we can all start 2017 on the right foot. For me, that starts almost immediately. Just to fill you in, I’ll be traveling with a group of students from my university throughout southern Europe for the month of January. … Continue reading →

The Piss Police

Posted by Nathan Scheer ⋅ November 5, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment

Ulm Minster in the city of Ulm, Germany became the tallest structure in the world in 1890. It held that title for eleven years until the completion of Philadelphia City Hall in 1901. Even though the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, is taller than Ulm Minster by about 2,200 feet, Ulm Minster … Continue reading →