Art & Artists
Norman Rockwell's Neighborhood
A new book offers a revealing look at how the artist created his homey illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post
December 2009 |
By Richard B. Woodward
Also see: Ansel Adams in Color | Gregory Crewdson's Epic Effects | The Life Aquatic with Bruce Mozert
Artist Man Ray mischievously scribbled his name in a famous photograph, but it took decades for the gesture to be discovered
November 2009 |
By Abby Callard
As a new book shows, not everything in the photographer's philosophy was black and white
November 2009 |
By Richard B. Woodward
Balancing the two lives of a Washington, D.C. sculptor—1950s hostess and emergent artist
September 2009 |
By Katy June-Friesen
Two new exhibitions celebrate the enduring wares of ceramics designer and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood
September 2009 |
By Nancy Mann Jackson
Did the Abstract Expressionist hide his name amid the swirls and torrents of a legendary 1943 mural?
November 2009 |
By Henry Adams
New research may shed light on a nearly century-old theory that a sculpture thought to be ancient Greek may be da Vinci’s work
September 2009 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
Are figures in a Florentine altar panel attributed to Italian artist Andrea del Verrocchio actually by Leonardo da Vinci?
October 2009 |
By Ann Landi
At New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Amy Herman schools police in the fine art of deductive observation
October 2009 |
By Neal Hirschfeld
Bill T. Jones, one of America’s foremost living choreographers, tackles Lincoln’s complicated legacy in his newest work
September 2009 |
By Rebecca Milzoff
Continuing a Washington tradition, the Obamas selected artwork from the Smithsonian collections to hang in their historic home
August 2009 |
By Abby Callard
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