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Impressionism
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.
The Purist
Abstractionist Tomma Abts lets her paintings paint themselves, and the results are intricate, challenging, and beautiful.
The Lalique Mystique
French designer-entrepreneur René Lalique was a wizard who could make glass do just about anything—and die-hard devotees of his works will do just about anything to get them.
Solo Goya
A new exhibition explores the variety of Goya’s preoccupations—from war to witchcraft, royalty to riffraff.


































