Posts by Sarah E. Fensom
Keeping It Real
Works from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection, now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, broaden the definition of American realism.
Read MoreMoving Pictures
With a historic acquisition The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston stages its first Pictorialist photography show in decades.
Read MoreStar Man
An exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum explores Miró’s later, lesser-known works, while telling the story of a peaceful artist living in a politically turbulent world.
Read MorePage View
Illuminated manuscripts combine the pleasures of art and literature.
Read MoreVirtual Reality
René Magritte—part magician, part humorist, part realist—is as modern as he’s ever been.
Read MorePublic Speakers
Recent exhibitions in major institutions are bringing sound art to new ears and raising questions about listening in the museum.
Read MoreBeyond City Limits
The Philadelphia Museum of Art launches a massive show built around Fernand Léger’s masterpiece The City.
Read MoreSalad-Oil Style
This fall the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston showcases its collection of Dutch works on paper from the turn of the 20th century.
Read MoreA Great Endless Scream Through Nature
Edvard Munch, Norway’s prince of melancholy, gets a birthday party.
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