Apr 20 2026
A star hangs in an empty field of blue. A strange creature stretches across the canvas on thin black legs. Birds, eyes, moons, women, ladders, insects, and imaginary beings float through space as though gravity has temporarily stopped working. Few artists created a visual world as immediately recognizable as Joan Miró. Born in Barcelona on …
Apr 19 2026
A man sits on a chair on the roof of a house until he tumbles over the edge. A bicyclist rides calmly along an Amsterdam canal and suddenly steers into the water. An artist hangs from a tree branch until his hands can no longer hold on. In another work, the same man simply sits …
Apr 16 2026
A few notes from a tenor saxophone begin to creep forward. The rhythm is quiet, cool, and slightly suspicious. Within seconds, there is no mistaking the tune: somewhere nearby, the Pink Panther must be sneaking into trouble. Another melody creates an entirely different world. “Moon River” drifts gently along, romantic and wistful, sounding almost impossibly …
Apr 15 2026
At first glance, an Arshile Gorky painting can seem to contain an entire hidden ecosystem. Thin black lines curl through floating fields of color. Shapes resemble flowers, organs, birds, insects, seeds, eyes, or fragments of bodies without ever becoming completely identifiable. Forms seem to grow into one another, dissolve, reappear, and hover somewhere between landscape …
Apr 14 2026
Julie Christie seemed to arrive at exactly the moment British cinema was changing. She did not resemble the elaborately groomed movie stars of an earlier generation. Her appeal felt looser, more spontaneous, and unmistakably modern. With her blonde hair, expressive eyes, easy smile, and slightly rebellious screen presence, Christie became closely associated with the new …
Apr 13 2026
Imagine walking into a room where the ceiling is unexpectedly yellow, one wall glows through translucent layers of color, a sculptural modern chair sits beside an antique object, and textiles from Europe or Asia appear alongside furniture by young Australian designers. Nothing is beige simply because beige is safe. Nothing has been selected merely because …
Apr 12 2026
A magnolia blossom fills almost the entire frame, its pale petals curving against a dark background until the flower begins to look less like something growing in a garden and more like an abstract sculpture. In another photograph, modern dancer Martha Graham twists her body into a dramatic composition of light and shadow. Elsewhere, an …
Apr 11 2026
A George Blacklock painting rarely sits quietly on the wall. Curving shapes lean toward one another, brilliant colors overlap, thick passages of paint push forward, and sweeping marks suggest bodies turning, dancers moving, voices answering one another, or forms struggling to occupy the same space. Even when the painting is unmistakably abstract, it often feels …
Dec 30 2025
Frank McClure had one of those careers that resists being reduced to a single title. During the working week, he was a biochemist whose research helped advance the scientific understanding of fluoride and dental health. Away from the laboratory, he was a printmaker and artist who transformed flowers, winter streets, railroad stations, markets, landscapes, animals, …
Dec 27 2025
Bruno Bobak’s paintings can move from the devastation of a European battlefield to a quiet Canadian river, from crowded human figures to forests, farms, winter streets, and brilliantly colored landscapes. The subjects changed enormously across his long career, but the paintings remained connected by an energetic approach to color, form, and observation. Born in Poland …
