The revealing selection included a dozen important, anonymously lent works that spanned both Georges Braque’s and Pablo ...
Hank Willis Thomas, Colonialism and Abstract Art, 2019) (image courtesy the artist) The 1936 “Cubism and Abstract Art” graphic by the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Alfred J.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Cubism is — we have been told — an artistic movement that strives to break down the falsehoods of art. Rather than emulate and create the illusion of reality, cubism did the opposite ...
If you caught my post on how Picasso actually had two eyes on one side of his head, you probably thought I was trying to be cute and clever about cubism. Well, OK, yes, I was. But underlying my ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The close and competitive working-relationship between Pablo Picasso and ...
Pablo Picasso, “The Scallop Shell: ‘Notre Avenir est dans l’Air'” (1912), enamel and oil on canvas; oval, 15 x 21 3/4 inches. Promised Gift from the Leonard A ...
Benton Museum of Art docent Arthur Rovosso led a small group of students and community members on a lunchtime tour as part of the continuing lecture series Art in Small Bites. This week’s topic: ...
Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...