Painting
The 2021 Netflix documentary by Joshua Rofé examines Ross’ life and career, piecing together old photos, TV footage, and interviews with friends, family, and coworkers to give a sense of the man, his…
With, “Entrance to the Mind: Drawings by George Condo,” The Morgan Library offers a modest, but impactful, survey of the artist’s works on paper dating as far back as the mid-1970s.
J.M.W Turner is known for his unique form and prodigious talent; he is known as one of the greatest British painters of all time.
In many cultures, green is the color of rebirth and prosperity, a harbinger of life and spring. However, placed within the context of the nineteenth century, green begins to represent the…
The femme fragile was the product of its time: in the Victorian era, feminine weakness conveyed Godliness and mental purity.
Pioneering pointillist and founding Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat (1859-1891) painted one of the most recognizable and reproduced paintings in the world: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La…
The story of the Last Supper is a pivotal one in the Bible and Christians view it as the basis for the Holy Communion rite. Leonardo da Vinci’s fresco adorns a wall of the refectory at Santa…
At 95 years old, Alex Katz certainly makes painting look easy. The 140 or so pieces comprising this Guggenheim survey of Katz’s nearly eight-decade career fill the museum’s rotunda effortlessly.
New York City has often served as the canvas on which American dreams are painted, so it’s fitting that Edward Hopper (1882–1967), an acute observer of strangers lost in one reverie or the next, made…
After a two-year hiatus, The Boston International Fine Art Show returned in grand style on Thursday evening with its preview gala. The fair, which runs from October 20 to 23, is being held at The…
A career-spanning exhibition of 70 works from 1947 to 2003 on view at The Hall Foundation in Reading Vermont from May 21, 2022, to November 27, 2022
Philip Guston was one of the most courageous and controversial painters to come out of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. Critics called the 1950s Guston’s “mandarin” (influential) years…
A fascinating thing about our eyes is their ability to deceive us. From how our visual system and brain perceive an image in front of us, the optical illusion prevails. Imagine you stroll down a…
April Bey’s practice is grounded in the fundamental truth that systems and attitudes don’t need to be the way they are. Through both her striking aesthetic and her conceptual approach, Bey breaks…
The National Arts Club (NAC) is honored to present Selections from Australia’s Western Desert: From the Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield. This dynamic exhibition of contemporary…
