Posts by John Dorfman
Wood Sculpture: In the American Grain
Contemporary wood artists are letting their medium escape from functionality and traditional craft concepts into realms of pure form, texture, and color.
Read MoreSebastiao Salgado: The Eye of the Heart
Sebastião Salgado’s visually stunning photographs accord equal respect to suffering humanity and primal nature.
Read MoreBruce Beasley: Industrial Strength
Bruce Beasley, sculptor and inventor, makes technology serve art.
Read MoreSecret Formulas
Shakespeare and higher mathematics meet in Man Ray’s late, great series of paintings, “Shakespearean Equations.”
Read MorePreston Singletary: Native Language
Preston Singletary merges contemporary art glass with Northwest Coast tradition.
Read MoreBrush with Greatness
Classical Chinese ink-and-brush paintings embody millennia of tradition as well as the freshness of the human encounter with nature.
Read MoreA River Runs Through It
The painters of the Hudson River School helped define who we are as Americans, as a comprehensive exhibition makes luminously clear.
Read MoreEnrico Donati: The Magician
Enrico Donati, acclaimed as “The Last Surrealist,” kept the impulse of Surrealism flowing through eight decades of work in a plethora of styles.
Read MoreLate and Great
In his last decade and a half, J.M.W. Turner seemed to transcend all known standards, baffling the critics but inspiring future generations.
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