Matisse’s Ugliest Painting
Zachary Fine writes about the show at SFMOMA that partially re-creates the 1905 Salon d’Automne, where Matisse’s portrait of his…
The Art World
admin Pope.L’s Pleasing Refusal to Be Interpreted
Zachary Fine reviews “Certainly an Act: Works on Paper,” a new show of Pope.L’s work at the Drawing Center.
Fairfield Porter’s Lush, Lonely Vision of the World
Zachary Fine reviews “Fairfield Porter: What Everyone Knows” at the Art Students League in New York City.
The Met Turns Orientalism Inside Out
Zachary Fine reviews “Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy,” an exhibit that hinges largely on the work of Jean-Léon Gérôme and…
The Met’s “Costume Art” Makes a Case for Fashion
From its new galleries off the museum’s Great Hall, the Costume Institute seeks to put clothing at the center of…
Edmonia Lewis, the Misunderstood Sculptor Who Brought Stone to Life
Zachary Fine reviews a Lewis retrospective at the Peabody Essex Museum of Art, discussing how Lewis changed nineteenth-century sculpture with…
A Stunning New LACMA Descends Upon a City in Crisis
Dana Goodyear on David Geffen Galleries, the new LACMA complex, designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.
August Sander’s Enormous Attempt to Capture a Lost World
In “People of the 20th Century,” the photographer set out to document every type and profession in the fading epoch…