The Skeletons in the Gallery
After Louis Vuitton prints an image of child predation on a luxury handbag, can we still turn a blind eye to Gauguin’s well-documented history of predation?
The Faces of Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was prematurely bald, and impressively so. In the NGA’s exhibition “Cézanne Portraits,” the post-Impressionist master has applied his trademark honesty to his own image.
All's Atonal on the Western Front
To comprehend 16 million deaths, we might begin with two fictional ones.
You Probably Think This Art Is About You
Yayoi Kusama’s famous mirrored rooms focuse on the notion of “self-obliteration,” yet self-aggrandizement has become the defining theme of how visitors experience them.
Shooting the Messenger
What is it about social media that compels us to throw off the gloves? In our abandonment of civil discourse, should we shoot the messenger, the message, or the medium?
In Putin's Russia, Art Looks at You
Irena Nakhova’s fighter jet helmet blends satire and state-sanctioned messaging to an indecipherable degree. Is it a monument to Vladimir Putin’s ambitions, or a mockery?
Caillebotte, Patron Saint of the Outcasts
Gustave Caillebotte’s work provides an uncensored, rich and occasionally rough-around-the-edges view of an artist and the Impressionist movement in its formative stages.