Visual Arts
Futurism, as the Italian proponents conceived of it, ended up not having much of a future. But its practitioners had some good days at the beginning.
Rich as the material is, can any Blood Artist develop and mature by just seeing red?
California has long been the home of fads, trends, new styles and the next new thing. It is where cool was and is created.
Far from being the cool, detached, and cerebral creations of the color field artists, these quilts, imagined in their intended context, are deeply personal, sensuous, and alive.
Significant changes in the world of the art museum can trigger roiling controversy or transpire in problematic quiet.
Each of Susan Metrican’s pieces is coy and playful. Moving through the gallery is an adventure, visually and spatially.
Cohen devotes little space to Bernard Berenson’s art historical methodology, now largely superseded by modern approaches. She relates Berenson’s less admirable qualities without judging them.
There can be no doubt that Malevich was right, and that since February 1914 reason has played a distinctly subordinate role in human affairs, including art.
Few artists in history have been as multifarious and prolific as Paul Klee – only Picasso and Ernst come to mind.
Visual Art Commentary: Silence Is Complicity — Why Museums Must Use Their Voice to Defend Democracy