Besides escaping the Dupont Circle heat, the Phillips Collection offers a summer transport to a different time and place. The exhibition "Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945" is loaded ...
'Was Picasso the misfortune of Braque?" asks Brigitte Leal, the commissioner of the splendid Georges Braque retrospective at the Grand Palais. Picasso's advocates were so fervent, his fame so ...
Presenting a selection of works that span Cubism’s birth in 20th century Paris to today, the show investigates the movement’s beginnings and the lasting impact it had on subsequent generations of ...
In 1909 when Picasso and Braque made their first forays into what would later be called Cubism, critics were less than overwhelmed; their reactions ranged from "ugly" to "grotesque." But within two ...
For lovers of American modernism, Stuart Davis (1892-1964) is a giant—an inspired colorist whose radiant, muscular paintings translate French Cubism into an unmistakably American, richly varied, ...
Art — “The expression of human creative skill and imagination.” Artists mix up varieties of colors to paint something unique. They sharpen fine lead to sketch the little things that come up in their ...
Has someone stolen a 1921 painting by French Cubist Fernand Léger? Or just thrown it in the trash by accident? That's the question facing Wellesley College, a Boston area women's college which once ...
Alastair Sooke has been covering art for the Telegraph since 2003. He has presented more than 60 hours of TV and radio for the BBC (Modern Masters, Treasures of Ancient Egypt, An Art Lovers’ Guide) ...