David Galenson | Posted 09.24.2011
An 1893 article by the critic Arsène Alexandre described the art of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as "very spontaneous in its execution, yet very calcula...
Posted 09.12.2011
We feared our chosen painting for this week's Guess The Artist was too easy, but yesterday a little less than 40% of you correctly identified the arti...
Posted 09.10.2011
One of the most prominent Post-Impressionist painters, this nineteenth-century artist is best known for his lurid color palette and provocative subjec...
Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011
America is so vast that, living in Boston, I simply had no idea San Francisco was hosting such an exhibition. It took Thanksgiving and a visit to my w...
wsj.com | MICHAEL FITZGERALD | Posted 05.25.2011
'Picasso Looks at Degas" is a double-barreled delight. It offers not only the chance to see many fine works that Picasso made under the inspiration of...
Matthew Jacob | Posted 05.25.2011
Both France and the United States celebrate their national holidays in the month of July. Yet that's where the similarities end. As the French prepare...
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011
I asked Molly, who is the chicest community organizer since Obama, to explain how she grew her drawing salon into a franchised phenomenon.
Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011
Jade Liqueurs is one of the geekiest-yet-coolest endeavors in beverage history. By recreating specific vintage absinthes to the letter, Breaux created a time machine for the taste buds.
Guardian | Robert Tait | Posted 05.25.2011
The Picasso masterpiece is worth an estimated £25-30m on the international art market, but its only regular contact with the human eye is the fiercel...
Jane Chafin | Posted 05.28.2012