Fine Art

Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk

Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk

We all know about Norman Rockwell. But it was Szyk who best conveyed the life-or-death urgency of the struggle against fascism.

Jan 8, 2016 / Allison Claire Chang

‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’

‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’ ‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’

A brilliant exhibit in London uses archival fragments to tell a story of violence and creation.

Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Yasmine Seale

Burnt Umber & Ultramarine (1993), by Yun Hyong-keun.

It’s Time To Stop Ignoring South Korean Abstract Art It’s Time To Stop Ignoring South Korean Abstract Art

Korean monochrome painting, or tansaekhwa, originated in a deep ambivalence about painting.

Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Maureen Gallace, Ice Storm, Easton (With Robert), 2015.

Is Serious Landscape Painting Still Possible? Is Serious Landscape Painting Still Possible?

Maureen Gallace’s fresh and enigmatic work indicates that it is.

Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

November 7, 1929: The Museum of Modern Art Opens in New York City

November 7, 1929: The Museum of Modern Art Opens in New York City November 7, 1929: The Museum of Modern Art Opens in New York City

“If it really tries to show the best that is being done in the modern world irrespective of what happens to be in fashion, it has a chance to help create new standards.”

Nov 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights

Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights

The Guggenheim’s Abu Dhabi project is just the latest cultural institution in the Persian Gulf to be targeted by this coalition of workers, academics, and artists.

Oct 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen

October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso Is Born

October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso Is Born October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso Is Born

“Cultured young men were seen to faint with delight. Ladies of uncertain age struck attitudes giving one to understand that they felt—inexpressible things.”

Oct 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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Letters From the November 9, 2015, Issue Letters From the November 9, 2015, Issue

Inside out and outside in… Gates’s gilded gospel… obstacle illusions…

Oct 22, 2015 / Barry Schwabsky, Michael Sorkin, and Our Readers

Detail from Pablo Picasso’s Guitar (1924).

The Noisy Silence of Picasso’s Guitars The Noisy Silence of Picasso’s Guitars

His sculptures reveal the artist’s secret affinities with nascent anti-colonialist movements.

Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Laurie Anderson Guantanamo

Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread

The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.

Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel

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