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Old Masters

Montblanc Imperial Dragon Limited Edition fountain pen

The Write Stuff

Fountain pens, classic and contemporary, are making their mark on the market.

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Liberty, 1965, pencil, white and red enamel on canvas

Frozen Poses

A showing of works by Italian artist Giosetta Fioroni comes to the Drawing Center in a blaze of silver.

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Liu Dan, Unfolding Time

Think in Ink

A dedicated group of Chinese artists have revitalized the centuries-old tradition of ink-and-brush painting, giving it a distinctly contemporary aesthetic.

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Second-phase blanket, circa 1860s

Native American Art: Blanket Statements

The essentials of Navajo culture are woven into every textile they made, even though most were intended for the Anglo market.

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a Goliath head, owned by Texas-based collectors Bruce and Julie Webb;

The Extraordinary Ordinary

Finding beauty in the cast-off or the offbeat, eclectic collectors are redefining aesthetic value — on their own terms.

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Gaspar Miguel de Berrío, Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Bishop Saints, 1764, oil on canvas.

Spanish Colonial Art: The New World’s Old Masters

Spanish colonial art, long dismissed as derivative or politically incorrect, is receiving a major reappraisal in Latin America and drawing new attention in the U.S.

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Jill Greenberg, Cover Up.

Contemporary Photography: Multiple Exposures

Whether they’re inspired by Internet surveillance images or 17th-century portraits, contemporary artists draw on a wide range of material to stretch photography’s limits of expression.

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Duane Michals, Nora Barnacle, 2012, tintypes with hand-applied paint.

Duane Michals: The Wizard of Gramercy Park

Duane Michals has always chosen to photograph the things you can’t see, and now he’s using paint to show us things you can’t photograph.

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Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist, 1902–04

Chicago Style

The Second City has first-class art to see and buy, from museums to galleries to auction houses.

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