The first retrospective of the work of German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in sixteen years is on view at the Neue Galerie in New York this fall.
The World on a String
graphy is a subject not widely studied in our schools today. Most Americans would have a hard time identifying even a handful of foreign countries on a map, let alone be able to draw their outlines.
Beyond the Loom
Lenore Tawney was a textile artist celebrated for her sculptural weavings.
Sculptor to the Medici, Teacher of Michelangelo
Bertoldo di Giovanni: the student of Donatello and the teacher of Michelangelo, and now the subject of a show at the Frick Collection.
The Old Mistresses of the Dutch Golden Age
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, examines the underdogs of the Dutch Golden Age: its women.
Dark, Difficult Käthe Kollwitz
The word “graphic” is imbued with new meaning in a survey of the German printmaker’s work at the Getty Center
The Other Woodstock Anniversary
In the early twentieth century, the town of Woodstock, New York, in the lee of the Catskill Mountains, evolved into one of the leading art colonies in the United States.
Pharm to Table
Yale’s American Furniture Study Center moves to a new home in a former Bayer laboratory.
Taghkanic Baskets
A classic example of regional folk craft, Taghkanic baskets have been woven in a small corner of the Hudson River valley since the mid-eighteenth century.
The Artist as Journalist
American artist Winslow Homer is best known for his work in oil and watercolor, but he began his career in the newsroom making images for illustrated periodicals.