Posts by Edward M. Gómez
Oswaldo Vigas: Worthy Proponent
As modernism evolved, the Venezuelan artist Oswaldo Vigas was its messenger and champion in Latin America.
Read MoreYasuyoshi Morimoto: Keeper of the Flame
In Japan, a veteran collector preserves ancient artworks and an aesthete’s sensibility.
Read MoreNo Time Like the Present
In an “atemporal” age, a new exhibition proposes, painters can—and do—make art from an anything-goes grab bag of styles and attitudes.
Read MoreMix Master
Archibald Motley relished the ambiguities of racial identity in America and imbued his paintings with both modernist refinement and pop-culture exuberance.
Read MoreFishing Expeditions
Akira Shimizu plumbs childhood memories and traditional Japanese imagery to find material for his art.
Read MoreBlurring Boundaries
As the once-offbeat genre of outsider art becomes ever more popular, will it retain its special aura?
Read MoreWifredo Lam: From Cubist to Cuban
Melding Afro-Caribbean and European influences, Wifredo Lam created one of modernism’s most distinctive bodies of work.
Read MoreThe Extraordinary Ordinary
Finding beauty in the cast-off or the offbeat, eclectic collectors are redefining aesthetic value — on their own terms.
Read MoreMade in Japan
Postwar avant-garde movements like Gutai and Mono-ha are now getting some serious attention from Western museums and galleries.
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