Through the Looking Glass: Distortion and the Fantasy of a Feminist Nude
Rarely do I find a work of art as disturbing as Louise Bonnet’s innocuously titled painting Figure Holding an Orange (2023). This thirty-square-foot oil-on-linen…
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Homage to Oneself: Julian Schnabel Interprets the Musée d’Orsay
Imagine … imagine being invited by the Musée d’Orsay to interpret its magnificent collection while also including your own artwork in an exhibition of…
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The First Modern Art Dealer and the Movement He Incited
Impresario, entrepreneur, gambler, and connoisseur – the French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) was all of these. He was also a force in fostering…
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The Deadening Gaze of Tal R
Most things, if and when they return from the dead, are dried-out and stiff. However when several outmoded artistic styles turn up in the…
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