Caravaggio, tariffs, and the dream of 1950s America
Reactionary thinking idealizes and falsifies a golden age of the United States, as portrayed by Bill Bryson in his memoirs
150 years of Impressionism: the outcasts who altered the course of art history
France celebrates the anniversary of the art movement with an exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, focusing on the first exhibition organized in 1874 by artists who challenged the establishment to paint modern life
The paint tube that revolutionized the world of impressionism
The tin tube with a screw cap forever changed the way artists worked, as it allowed them to get away from their studios to paint outdoors
‘Gassed,’ by Singer Sargent: the restoration of a masterpiece to narrate contemporary war
The Imperial War Museum in London has made the canvas the centerpiece of its new gallery. The restoration has allowed for the discovery of new colors and greater depth within the work
The last Monet: Almost blind, abstract and undervalued
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Late in life and suffering from cataracts, the French painter took his painting to gestural, non-figurative extremes