Get in Line

Ellen Lesperance, December 12, 1983

Contemporary artists are pushing their pens and pencils in new directions and letting viewers draw their own conclusions.

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Furnishing the Nation

The Kaufman Collection of American antiques, now on view at the National Gallery, chronicles the evolution of taste, technique, and creativity in a young country.

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The Purist

Abstractionist Tomma Abts lets her paintings paint themselves, and the results are intricate, challenging, and beautiful.

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Pile On

Marianne Richter, Granen flatweave carpet, 1949, Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom AB, hand-woven wool, 64 x 95 inches.

Twentieth-century carpets weave strands of modernist geometry and color abstraction into traditional formats, taking textile into the realm of fine art.

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Good Posture

Yoga Narasimha, Vishnu in His Man-Lion Avatar, India, Tamil Nadu, circa 1250, bronze, 55.2 cm;

From ancient India to the modern West, the practice of yoga has inspired artists, as the first exhibition devoted to the subject makes abundantly clear.

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The Sun King

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Valencia Beach: Morning Light, oil on canvas, 1908.

The welcome that the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida received in the U.S. was as warm as the light in his pictures.

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