Modern Art

He became a famous teacher in Germany, but it was in the United States that the artist came into his own as painter. Continue reading →

A showing of works by Italian artist Giosetta Fioroni comes to the Drawing Center in a blaze of silver. Continue reading →

Duane Michals has always chosen to photograph the things you can’t see, and now he’s using paint to show us things you can’t photograph. Continue reading →

The late Helen Frankenthaler famously “departed” from Jackson Pollock with her early stain paintings in the 1950s, but she kept on making departures for the rest of her long, innovative career. Continue reading →

Before the Second World War, in Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Uruguay, and elsewhere, another American modernism was taking shape. Continue reading →

Postwar avant-garde movements like Gutai and Mono-ha are now getting some serious attention from Western museums and galleries. Continue reading →

In the National Gallery’s huge Lichtenstein retrospective, the iconic Pop images are just the opening frames of the artist’s lifelong comic strip. Continue reading →

Romare Bearden, whose centennial celebration continues this fall, collaged diverse elements—visual, musical, literary and historical—into a unique American art. Continue reading →

Right after World War II, Pablo Picasso decided take a break from the limelight and become a humble pottery apprentice in a French workshop. Six decades later, the distinctive ceramic works he made there are finally getting their due from the art market. Continue reading →

Baseball cards aren’t just little bits of coveted cardboard; they’re true pieces of graphic art. Continue reading →