Are 74 plasters 'discovered' in a foundry storeroom 'original' works by Degas? A Degas scholar analyzes the sculptures, outlines the controversy, and considers competing meanings of 'original'
The Walmart heiress's controversial museum opens with an inclusive and even quirky selection of American art that reveals an increasing focus on the present
An exhaustive catalogue from the National Gallery of Art draws on both art history and scientific analysis to resolve questions about how Degas made sculpture and what happened to it after his death.
Degas in the Norton Simon Museum
Edited by Sara Campbell;
Essays by Daphne Barbour,
Richard Kendall, and Shelley Sturman
Yale University Press, 576 pages, $95
A recent show asked new questions about John Singer Sargent: Was he homosexual? Did his sense of "otherness" make him sympathetic to his Jewish clients?