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Old Masters
Out of Frame
By folding, creasing, and ultimately draping his canvases, Sam Gilliam brought color abstraction closer to the viewer than any artist before him.
Life and Light
Venetian Renaissance painting is as distinctively beautiful as the city that nurtured it.
Go With the Flow
The late Marvin Lipofsky was there at the birth of the American studio glass movement, shaping its course as he shaped his own sculptures.
Master of Mysterious Images
Known for his distinctive poster designs, the veteran Japanese artist Tadanori Yokoo is earning belated attention overseas for his work as a painter, too.
A Rage for Ruins
The 18th-century French painter Hubert Robert catered to the aristocracy’s fascination with the ancient world and the eroding effects of time, with works which continue to astonish.
New West
Ed Ruscha’s complex vision of the Western American landscape unfolds at the de Young Museum.
Talking in Colors
James Havard’s lifelong infatuation with paint has yielded a diverse, absolutely individualistic body of work.
Robert Cottingham: Signs of the Times
A new show puts decades of Robert Cottingham’s meticulously Realist and decidedly American paintings on view.
Xul Solar: Utopia, Unlimited
The polymathic Argentine visionary who called himself Xul Solar did more than just make art—he created his own universe.


































