‘It’s Not About Light—It Is Light’
Three major museum shows provide an unprecedented chance to assess the optical, intangible, and mesmerizing art of James Turrell
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The Degas Debate: Analyzing the Controversial Plasters
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'
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Clyfford Still’s Figures Run Deep
New scholarship on the artist's early work reveals an unexpected ancestry to his trademark abstractions
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The Polynesian Connection?
Polynesian objects were given equal status with Gauguin's work in a groundbreaking and subversive exhibition
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American Art, Alice Walton’s Way
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
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Seeing Still for the First Time
The new museum dedicated to Clyfford Still in Denver presents an unprecedented sweep of his work—even as its staff continues to make more discoveries
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Degas’s Sculpture
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.
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The Collector Who Redefined Degas
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
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The Hidden Sargent
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?
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