March, 2011 - Art & Antiques Magazine

Too Cool for School

A show at LACMA examines the early work of Vija Celmins, often classed with the California “Cool School” but really in a category all its own.

As patron and collector, the long-reigning Qianlong emperor put his mark on Chinese art.

Modern camouflage was invented by artists who studied nature, and camouflage in turn influenced some of modernism’s biggest breakthroughs.

After a long period of neglect, 20th-century British sculptors are once again basking in the art market’s sunshine.