Loving the artist for moral reasons
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"Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints" (Pantheon Books. 524 Pages. $30) &#151; Joan Acocella: While culling essays for her new collection, "Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints," Joan Acocella discovered a loose theme: the hardships that come with creation, and how various artists dealt with these obstacles &#151; or did not. The humbler virtues of perseverance, she came to see, are as important, and as laudable, as talent.
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As the release of a new album approaches, most artists begin to wax philosophical about art, life and the messages they hope to convey with their music.
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The richly evocative exhibit of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis's work at the Jewish Museum breathes life into the icon and gives her own work well-deserved attention.
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Itâs been a bountiful year for the kinds of art finds â or at least the publicizing of them â that make fans of âAntiques Roadshowâ weep with envy.
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TO PARAPHRASE Oscar Wilde, losing one may be regarded as misfortune but to lose two could look like carelessness. Edvard Munchâs paintings have been targeted again by thieves after an armed gang yesterday
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A new awareness of promoting Âan image of joy and wellness.Â
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Theo Van Gogh was an unlikable sort, if you ask me. He derived a lot of pleasure from attacking orthodoxy and mocking any convictions other than his own.
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How Lawrence Weiner transforms text into works of art.
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The photo on the front page (Feb. 13) is Pulitzer quality. I suggest you nominate Mike Terry for that award. The photo has urgency, drama, composition and is alive with tense action. It is one of the best photos you have published.
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Read on to find out why this sound leader earns such devotion.
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The Metropolitan Museumâs show offers a supremely clear account of his maturation from brilliant, methodical young artist to a deeper, more lyrical, less predictable one.
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âIn the Shadow of the Moonâ is a morale booster. The power of its archival images hasnât diminished with familiarity.
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Vocal beauty has always mattered in opera. Now physical beauty matters, too.
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Leonardo Da Vinciâs masterpiece joins a large and growing population of virtual art.
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The Art Institute of Chicago has spun a wonderful show around George Seurat's famous oil painting, which includes related sketches and works by contemporaries.
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Art like Romare Bearden's Â intense and intricate Â deserves close scrutiny. So here's my advice: pick a few favorites at the Whitney Museum and stick with them.
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It is not easy to fit Paul Robeson in a box, but the Criterion Collection has done its best with âPaul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist.â