Archive for April 2013
Native American Art: Blanket Statements
The essentials of Navajo culture are woven into every textile they made, even though most were intended for the Anglo market.
Read MoreThe Extraordinary Ordinary
Finding beauty in the cast-off or the offbeat, eclectic collectors are redefining aesthetic value — on their own terms.
Read MoreSpanish Colonial Art: The New World’s Old Masters
Spanish colonial art, long dismissed as derivative or politically incorrect, is receiving a major reappraisal in Latin America and drawing new attention in the U.S.
Read MoreContemporary Photography: Multiple Exposures
Whether they’re inspired by Internet surveillance images or 17th-century portraits, contemporary artists draw on a wide range of material to stretch photography’s limits of expression.
Read MoreDuane Michals: The Wizard of Gramercy Park
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.
Read MoreChicago Style
The Second City has first-class art to see and buy, from museums to galleries to auction houses.
Read MoreYoung Victorian Punks
Washington D.C.’s National Gallery of Art mounts a sweeping exhibition of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood—the first U.S. retrospective of its kind.
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