Claude Monet and Henri Matisse may already be household names for fans of Impressionism, French painting or water lilies, but ...

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 ...

Occasionally an exhibition is as art-historically groundbreaking as it is visually arresting. Rarely, however, will it also force scholars to rewrite the origin story of European modernism. But such ...

Shakir Hassan Al Said, 'Letters,' 1961. Oil, gesso, cotton, linen canvas, 94.2 cm x 82 cm x 2.5 cm. At first glance, it would be difficult to discern this artwork as coming from Arab origins, and not ...

"This book is devoted to documenting the tremendous discursive energies of modern artists and critics who lived and worked in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East and North ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Guests look at an abstract painting by artist Lloyd Brooks fothe Saarinen alpahbet reception for an exhibit by Brooks and author Skip Berry at the Columbus Area Visitors ...

The best U.S. modern architecture of the past dozen years—that is the material of a book on sale last week at Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art. Built in U.S.A.—1932-1944 ($3) reviews handsomely in ...

Dr. Alejandro Anreus, a Cuban-born art historian and curator, gave his lecture to the UConn community at Homer Babbidge Library. His talk stemmed from his most recent book, “Modern Art in 1940s ...

This is a masterpiece by Lee In-sung (1912–1950), a genius painter of Joseon. He was greatly influenced by Gauguin, wasn’t he ...

The In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s exhibition running until October 13 at London’s Royal Academy contains wonderful avant-garde art works from the early twentieth century.