Four decades before Sputnik, Soviet avant-garde artists envisioned the conquest of space. Continue reading
Out of This World
Modern Art
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Features From Previous Issues
Oswaldo Vigas: Worthy Proponent
As modernism evolved, the Venezuelan artist Oswaldo Vigas was its messenger and champion in Latin America. Continue reading
Japanese Printmaking: New Impressions
In the early 20th century, Japanese artists reimagined traditional printmaking for the modern age, as revealed in a show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Continue reading
Lawren Harris: Northern Exposure
The Canadian modernist painter Lawren Harris will be getting some long-overdue attention in the U.S., thanks to the comedian and collector Steve Martin and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Continue reading
Milton Avery: Art for Our Sake
“Why talk when you can paint?”said Milton Avery, who influenced many artists but whose own work— largely figurative though essentially about color—has been hard to place in the hierarchies of art criticism. Continue reading
David Ligare: Daring to Know
The astonishing life work of a “California Classicist” goes on view at the Crocker Art Museum. Continue reading
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo: Murals for Motor City
An exhibition of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo’s work at the Detroit Institute of Arts tells stories of painting, politics, and personal exploration. Continue reading
Secret Formulas
Shakespeare and higher mathematics meet in Man Ray’s late, great series of paintings, “Shakespearean Equations.” Continue reading
Enrico 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. Continue reading
Physical Graffiti
Pushing their materials and sometimes their bodies to the limits, Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga helped redefine art in postwar Japan. Continue reading