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El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) and Workshop, Christ Carrying the Cross

Body and Soul

Greek by birth, Spanish by choice, El Greco transcended place and time with his expressionistic flights of the spirit.

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Joaquín Torres-García, Puerto de Barcelona, 1918, oil on cardboard, 20 1⁄2 x 28 3⁄4 inches;

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.

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Ed Moses in his Venice, Calif., studio, photographed by Alan Shaffer

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.

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Engagement ring worn by HSH Princess Grace of Monaco

Crown Jewels

An exhibition at the Denver Museum of Art showcases the creativity and daring of the Maison Cartier.

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A George III Coromandel lacquer, gilt-brass-mounted serpentine commode, attributed to Pierre Langlois

China Syndrome

Chinoiserie began as a European emulation of Far Eastern design but rapidly moved into the realm of inspired fantasy.

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Mix Master

Archibald Motley relished the ambiguities of racial identity in America and imbued his paintings with both modernist refinement and pop-culture exuberance.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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