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Body and Soul
Greek by birth, Spanish by choice, El Greco transcended place and time with his expressionistic flights of the spirit.
Latin American Original
Joaquín Torres-García discovered avant-garde art in Europe and then returned to his native Uruguay to forge a synthesis of Old World and New World aesthetics.
The Explorer
Ed Moses, at 88, refuses to be tied down to any style or concept, rejects the idea of “the artist,” and creates by embracing the happy accident.
Crown Jewels
An exhibition at the Denver Museum of Art showcases the creativity and daring of the Maison Cartier.
China Syndrome
Chinoiserie began as a European emulation of Far Eastern design but rapidly moved into the realm of inspired fantasy.
Mix Master
Archibald Motley relished the ambiguities of racial identity in America and imbued his paintings with both modernist refinement and pop-culture exuberance.
Anti-Oedipus
The abstract painter Michael Goldberg never felt the need to kill his artistic fathers, and he gladly acknowledged the roots of his originality.
Furnishing the Nation
The Kaufman Collection of American antiques, now on view at the National Gallery, chronicles the evolution of taste, technique, and creativity in a young country.
The Eye in the Wild State
A new exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art searches for the surrealistic touches in photography of the 1920s through ’40s.


































