Wyeth's World
In the wake of his death, controversy still surrounds painter Andrew Wyeth's stature as a major American artist
June 2006 |
By Henry Adams
Refined Palette
Scholars say this 19th-century artifact could have belonged to the celebrated American painter
April 2006 |
By Owen Edwards
Edvard Munch: Beyond The Scream
Though the Norwegian artist is known for a single image, he was one of the most prolific, innovative and influential figures in modern art
March 2006 |
By Arthur Lubow
Matisse and His Models
The author of a new biography of the artist argues that the women he painted were full partners in the creative enterprise
October 2005 |
By Hilary Spurling
Toulouse-Lautrec
The fin de sià¨cle artist who captured Paris' cabarets and dance halls is drawing huge crowds to a new exhibition at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art
May 2005 |
By Paul Trachtman
The Surreal World of Salvador Dalí
Genius or madman? A new exhibition may help you decide
April 2005 |
By Stanley Meisler
Modigliani: Misunderstood
A new exhibition positions the bohemian artist's work above even his operatic life story
March 2005 |
By Doug Stewart
John James Audubon: America's Rare Bird
The foreign-born frontiersman became one of the 19th century's greatest wildlife artists and a hero of the ecology movement
December 01, 2004 |
By Richard Rhodes
Cleaning Picasso
The artist's groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d'Avignon gets a face lift from experts at New York's Museum of Modern Art
October 2004 |
By Paul Trachtman
Panorama Mama
In Los Angeles, bulldozers are circling Sara Velas' mural in the round
May 2004 |
By Ed Leibowitz
Romare Bearden: Man of Many Parts
A new exhibition showcases Bearden's innovative collages and stakes a claim for him in the pantheon of 20th-century American artists
February 2004 |
By Paul Trachtman
Big!
Pop artist James Rosenquist returns to the limelight with a dazzling retrospective of his larger-than-life works
January 01, 2004 |
By Bruce Watson
The Elusive Marc Chagall
With his wild and whimsical imagery, the Russian-born artist bucked the trends of 20th-century art
December 2003 |
By Joseph A. Harriss
Degas and His Dancers
A major exhibition and a new ballet bring the renowned artist's obsession with dance center stage
April 2003 |
By Paul Trachtman
Matisse & Picasso
As a new exhibition makes clear, these friendsand rivalsspurred each other to change the course of 20th-century art
February 2003 |
By Paul Trachtman
George Catlin's Obsession
No artist devoted himself more passionately to a single subject than George Catlin. An exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. asks: Did his work exploit or advance the American Indian?
December 2002 |
By Bruce Watson
Frida Kahlo
The Mexican artist's myriad faces, stranger-than-fiction biography and powerful paintings come to vivid life in a new film
November 2002 |
By Phyllis Tuchman
Politically Correct
Artist Peter Waddell's scrupulously researched paintings of the U.S. Capitol bring history to life
October 2002 |
By Deidre Stein Greben
Artemisia's Moment
After being eclipsed for centuries by her father, Orazio, Artemisia Gentileschi, the boldest female painter of her time, gets her due
May 2002 |
By Mary O'Neill
