Looking at Art
Pop Goes Minimalism
From gift bows to gold chains, Piper Brett’s blown-up sculptures are elegant and over the top. Read More
The Clay’s the Thing
At the Denver Art Museum, mud is ‘marvelous’. Read More
Kiefer on Night Watch
The German artist does Rembrandt, by way of van Gogh. Read More
Pushing the Boundaries of Drawing
Richard Serra on sketching, mapping, rolling, stapling, cutting, and the other techniques he used to make the works in his Met drawings retrospective. Read More
Slow Down, You Look Too Fast
The organizers of Slow Art Day ask museumgoers to take their time. Read More
Where Arte Povera Meets Tarzan
The jungle connection animates Pino Pascali's steel-wool bridge and chimpanzee imagery. Read More
The Sitter Depicts the Artist
In a new book, Martin Gayford recalls what it's like to be painted by Lucian Freud. Read More
Floating in Space
Goya captioned a drawing of a couple suspended in the air 'joy'—but the true meaning of the picture is not so certain. Read More
Food for Thought
Everyone agrees that portion sizes in depictions of the Last Supper have grown. Not everyone agrees why. Read More
Wrestling with ‘Wrestlers’
Deaccessioned twice and the subject of multiple interpretations, a provocative Eakins sporting picture takes its place in a new collection and a new show. Read More
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