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Shape-Shifter

Sigmar Polke, one of postwar Germany’s most important artists, had a penchant for mystery.

Paul Jenkins eschewed Abstract Expressionism’s inward gaze, aiming to reflect nature’s beauty with sensuous pours of paint.

Intimately connected to the literary world, Joan Mitchell devised an abstract language of her own to make feelings visible.

The beauty and grandeur of Chinese bronzes are equaled only by their historical fascination.

Charleston’s art scene embraces the best of both tradition and modernity.

Wayne Thiebaud’s tasty-looking paintings have often been mistaken for Pop Art, but the artist is after something deeper, both in art and in life.

Dutch masters visit New York, giving a glimpse at the birth of modern artistic vision.

In his fluid, luminous paintings and collages, Esteban Vicente conjured an aesthetic utopia.

James Brooks saw his Abstract Expressionist painting as an extension of, rather than a break with, artistic tradition.