With the Metropolitan Museum of Art having just opened a show dedicated to Max Beckmann’s brief time in New York, from 1949 until his death in 1950, we turn back to the March 1951 issue of…
Behind a lawsuit brought against the Museum of Modern Art by the heirs of George Grosz lies a troubling history of acquiring works seized by the Nazis and sold to support the German war effort
Role-playing is rampant today, with artists picturing themselves as impersonators, cross-dressers, evil twins, and exhibitionists—all to throw traditional ideas about identity up for grabs .