In a new text from Cambridge Press, authors Elina Gertsman and Barbara H. Rosenwein offer readers easy access to understanding a complex period of time. "The Middle Ages in 50 Objects" (Cambridge Press, 2018) uses individual works from the comprehensive collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art to exemplify both broad movements and specific moments in history.
September 2018 Art News
Russian artist Irina Nakhova takes us back in time to her 1980’s Moscow apartment. First created in 1984, ‘Room. 2’ was a result of her frustration from the oppressive Soviet Regime.
The Soviet state only permitted artists working in the prominent ‘socialist realist style’ to practice making art. As an ‘unofficial’ artist, Irina used accessible materials to make art at home.
Washington, DC—Dressed in rustic Italian costume or nude on a grassy plain, rendered with a sophisticated use of color and a deft, delicate touch, Corot's women convey a mysterious sense of their inner lives. Corot: Women features 44 paintings created between the 1840s and the early 1870s: nudes, individual figures in costumes, and an allegorical series of the model in the studio. The National Gallery of Art is the only venue for Corot: Women, on view from September 9 through December 31, 2018.
As the world mourns the loss of the Brazil National Museum to a monumental fire, we look back on some of the greatest losses to humanity’s art and cultural heritage.
This month Denmark sees the opening of an exhibition that promises to be out of this world, the Musée d’Orsay presents a fresh perspective on Picasso’s enigmatic blue and rose periods, the 33rd iteration of the Bienal de São Paulo opens in Brazil, and MoMA celebrates the legacy of an innovative group of 1960’s boundary breakers.
