Books
A Close, Dazzling Look at Michelangelo’s Painting
Leo Steinberg’s compelling essays pull you into the interpretative process, asking you to see the drama he unpacks.
Weekend
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Sangram Majumdar
“There is no time in painting. A microsecond can last forever.”
Art
David Hockney’s Life in Drawing
The history of Hockney and his lifelong life-drawing itch, pursued now over seven decades.
Art
The Art of Perception
In a new exhibition, the Chinese artist Guo Hongwei uses watercolor to vividly depict nature’s forms — and gently tease the eye.
Art
The Genius of Thaddeus Mosley
Mosley did not need the art world’s approval to keep going, but the art world certainly needs him for more reasons than I can count.
Art
What Do We Mean When We Say "Postwar American Art"?
The Filipino-American artist Leo Valledor has never quite received his deserved place in the history of Postwar American art, especially as that story is told in New York.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Kara Walker's new Obama painting, the truth about photography, why many diseases appear to originate in China, a new anti-Chinese symbol appears in Australia, and more.
Art
The Modernist Revolution Along the British Coast
The seven years that a Russian Constructivist and his dog moved among British artists by the seaside.
Art
A Survey of American Art That Isn't Just Coastal
This thoughtfully curated exhibition is evidence that much compelling and adventurous art is indeed being produced all around the country.
Art
The Measureless James Turrell
Like memory, Turrell‘s work exists outside of space and time and sound.
Art
Digital Meditations on Water
Sarah Rothberg and Marina Zurkow reveal water’s unearthliness.
Art
Color Field, Then and Now
I fear that the visual culture in which these works were admired is now one of those distant “you had to be there” moments, which are impossible to reconstruct.