Art
The Various Talents of Mary Cassatt
During her lifetime and since her death in 1926, the painter, printer, and pastels virtuoso has often been reduced to single aspects of her life and work.
Carrie Rickey
Carrie has been the film critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Village Voice and an art critic at Artforum and Art in America.
Art
Marie Laurencin’s Portraits of Sapphic Pleasure
“Why should I paint dead fish, onions, and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier,” said painter Marie Laurencin.
Art
Looking at Renoirs, Moving and Still
Not only did Pierre-Auguste and Jean Renoir share DNA, but also a muse, who was the father’s last model and the son’s future wife.
Art
Linda Nochlin, Feminist Art Historian Who Changed the Game, Dies at 86
Linda Nochlin, who passed away on Sunday at 86 years old, reconfigured not just the art world, but seemingly all areas of culture.
Art
The Exceptional Life and Political Art of Violet Oakley
Artistically, Oakley was the American counterpart of a British Pre-Raphaelite, but in terms of her social arrangements, she was decidedly a New Woman.