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Dec 4, 2024 | 
events.longisland.com | Jonathan Santlofer
Weather Alert WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY * WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 to 50 mphexpected. * WHERE...Portions of southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey,and southeast New York. * WHEN...From 6 AM to 10 PM EST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Treelimbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Weather | LIRR | Traffic | Traffic Cams | Weather News
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
appenmedia.com | Kathy Manos Penn |Madeleine Kate Henry |Jonathan Santlofer
This week’s reads were, of course, mysteries, as I rarely read any other genre. In both, the protagonist embarks on a search, though one is seeking a missing author while the other is searching for a lost painting. Both start in New York City before the clues lead them to another locale. This is a new-to-me author, and I’m delighted to have discovered her. That this novel came out in May 2024 and has garnered 7,000+ reviews speaks volumes about what an intriguing tale the author weaves.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
shorelocalnews.com | Cindy Fertsch |Marjorie Preston |Jonathan Santlofer
By Marjorie PrestonThis week, we have a crackerjack thriller about art theft; a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking Hollywood movie; and a fun-filled read from quintessential Jersey Girl and TV host Kelly Ripa. We wind it up with a tense psychology study that, alas, falls apart near the end; and a collection of strangely human non-human verse.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
strandmag.com | Jonathan Santlofer
How I Look at ArtNavigating museums can be tricky. Blockbuster exhibitions have made what should be a quiet, intimate experience, too often crowded and difficult, chirping audio guides like crickets in the air, people jostling for a better view or worse, loudly critiquing the artwork to a friend. Sometimes I think art has become too popular and long for the days when I had the museums to myself.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
shelf-awareness.com | Susan Muaddi Darraj |Álvaro Enrigue |Natasha Wimmer |Jonathan Santlofer
Share with friends:Permanent Link:Behind You Is the Sea, Susan Muaddi Darraj's third work of fiction, is a shimmering composite portrait of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore. Across nine stellar linked stories, she explores the complex relationships among characters divided by--or connected despite--class, language, and traditional values. Each of the stories spotlights a particular character.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
crimereads.com | Jonathan Santlofer
If you have ever wanted to know how it feels to snatch a painting from a museum wall, slide it under your shirt, and take off, then Michael Finkel’s, The Art Thief is for you. Finkel puts you in the scene and in the mind of Stephane Breistwieser, a man who stole more than 200 artworks from European museums and churches for a combined worth of $2 billion dollars.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Jonathan Santlofer
Jonathan Santlofer’s latest art historical thriller, “The Lost Van Gogh,” does everything the reader most admires about the genre: it’s a page-turner that follows compelling characters who not only dodge bullets — when they’re not firing them — but also engages in serious aesthetic and moral concerns regarding the value of art in people’s lives.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
lithub.com | Jonathan Santlofer
In 1990, I had a retrospective exhibition in a Chicago gallery—ten years of my artwork collected from museums and private collectors, along with my six newest paintings. An honor, though I did not want the show. I felt too young for a mid-career survey, put it off twice, but finally gave in. On opening night there was a major snowstorm and few people showed up, a handful of brave Chicago friends, the art dealer and his wife. Not much of a party, though we drank a lot of wine.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
readinggroupguides.com | Jonathan Santlofer
From the author of the much-praised THE LAST MONA LISA comes another thrilling story of masterpieces, masterminds and mystery. For years, there have been whispers that, before his death, Van Gogh completed a final self-portrait. Curators and art historians have savored this rumor, hoping it could illuminate some of the troubled artist's many secrets, but even they have to concede that the missing painting is likely lost forever.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
bookshop.org | Jonathan Santlofer
"Ingeniously plotted, irresistibly readable, brimming with inside information about the high-stakes art world of theft, forgery, and murder...Also included are brilliantly rendered drawings by the author, who is as accomplished an artist as he is a writer of suspense thrillers." --Joyce Carol OatesFrom the author of the much-praised The Last Mona Lisa comes another thrilling story of masterpieces, masterminds, and mystery.
