Posts by John Dorfman
Joachim Wtewael: Myths, Monsters, and Mannerism
The astonishing art of Joachim Wtewael, full of wild imagination, shows a little-seen side of 17th-century Dutch painting.
Read MoreMarie Spartali Stillman: Renaissance and Renascence
An exhibition at the Delaware Museum of Art rediscovers the art of Marie Spartali Stillman, a Pre-Raphaelite muse turned painter.
Read MoreJapanese Printmaking: New Impressions
In the early 20th century, Japanese artists reimagined traditional printmaking for the modern age, as revealed in a show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Read MoreLawren Harris: Northern Exposure
The Canadian modernist painter Lawren Harris will be getting some long-overdue attention in the U.S., thanks to the comedian and collector Steve Martin and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Read MoreAlvin Langdon Coburn: A Man of Mark and Mystery
Alvin Langdon Coburn, a master of Pictorialist and modernist photography, has been less widely known than he deserves, but a comprehensive traveling retrospective aims to change that.
Read MoreA Blend of Spices
The royal courts of the Deccan region of southern India combined Muslim and Hindu elements in a unique artistic mix.
Read MoreScreen Gems
Classic posters and other items of memorabilia allow collectors to own some
of the magic of the movies.
Carlo Bugatti: Furnishing a Fantasy
The extravagant, eccentric designs of Carlo Bugatti transcend the Italian Art Nouveau era to occupy an imaginative realm all their own.
Read MoreKurt Seligmann: The Magus in the Mirror
The Surrealist painter and occultist writer Kurt Seligmann is having his first retrospective in 55 years.
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