Archibald Motley relished the ambiguities of racial identity in America and imbued his paintings with both modernist refinement and pop-culture exuberance. Continue reading
Mix Master
Modern Art
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The Aristocrats
They were wealthy, privileged, and rigorously formalist. But the “Park Avenue Cubists” believed that the most sophisticated art should be available to everyone. Continue reading
Portrait
Jamie Wyeth gets a retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston that looks beyond his status as American art royalty. Continue reading
First Appearance of Wolverine Sold for $657,250
The page, which appeared at the end of The Incredible Hulk #180, published by Marvel in 1974, is described by Heritage Auctions as “one of the most significant pieces of original comic art to appear on the market.” Continue reading
The Insider’s Outsider
From the modernism of the 1930s to the youth culture of the ’80s, George McNeil’s art was always individualistic, passionate, even Romantic. Continue reading
Keeping It Real
Works from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection, now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, broaden the definition of American realism. Continue reading
Shape-Shifter
Sigmar Polke, one of postwar Germany’s most important artists, had a penchant for mystery. Continue reading
Star Man
An exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum explores Miró’s later, lesser-known works, while telling the story of a peaceful artist living in a politically turbulent world. Continue reading
Murder the Moonlight
The Guggenheim gives Italy’s feisty Futurists their first comprehensive show in America. Continue reading
High Art in the Lowcountry
Charleston’s art scene embraces the best of both tradition and modernity. Continue reading