Fine Art

The Body in Pain The Body in Pain

Fernando Botero's latest series of paintings, inspired by the Abu Ghraib photos, immerse us in the experience of suffering in a way the original photographs never did.

Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Whose Art Is It Anyway? Whose Art Is It Anyway?

Two books on art controversies and arts funding in America explore how and when taxpayer money can be used to support public art.

Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Plagens

Modern Love Modern Love

Two new biographies of Clement Greenberg take the measure of an ambitious art critic who had a knack for predicting success.

Sep 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Stargazer Stargazer

Andy Warhol's eye for significant banality transformed the familiar into art. Ric Burns's new American Masters documentary traces the roots of Warhol's smirking genius.

Sep 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Guernica, Again Guernica, Again

The targeting of civilians in Gaza and Lebanon summons the image of Picasso's wrenching mural that memorialized innocents caught in the crossfire.

Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman

All About Eva All About Eva

In the late '60's, Eva Hesse's ambitious sculptures challenged the art world. Collected in a new exhibition, her art is even greater today.

Jun 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

The Body Artist The Body Artist

Two biographies of Thomas Eakins reveal the art world's attitudes about the painter's bodily obsessions: Was he a curious innocent, a brilliant anatomist or a dirty old man?

May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Plagens

I’ll Be Your Mirror I’ll Be Your Mirror

The art on display at the Whitney Biennial 2006 doesn't have to tell us it's not morning in America: We know that by watching the evening news.

Apr 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Alice Walton’s Fig Leaf Alice Walton’s Fig Leaf

Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton is on a buying spree, filling her Arkansas museum with America's cultural treasures--a fig leaf that seeks to cover Wal-Mart's naked greed and exploit...

Feb 21, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Solnit

Soul Eyes Soul Eyes

Fra Angelico's genius for depicting the interior life--states of love, spirituality or anguish--is stirring the interest of contemporary artists.

Jan 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

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