Paul Rudolph at 100
October 23, 2018
The architect Paul Rudolph was born 100 years ago today. Hugely influential in the 1950s and 1960s, Rudolph was among the most important architects of post-war modernism in America. This… READ MORE
Category: Art & Architecture
An interview with John Klein, author of the new book Matisse and Decoration
October 17, 2018
Yale UP: What did “decoration” mean to Matisse? John Klein: Many times Matisse said or wrote that his main goal in making art was expression. He didn’t mean expressing emotions… READ MORE
Le Corbusier’s drawings
October 11, 2018
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier (1887-1965), is famous for transforming 20th-century architecture and urbanism. Less attention has been paid to his artistic production, though he began his career as… READ MORE
How an Epic Painting Became a Monumental Flop: The Perils of Art and Politics
October 5, 2018
Katie Hornstein — Powerful rulers have always relied on visual images to bolster their standing and seek public support for their military endeavors. While these sorts of images can be… READ MORE
Delirious New York, 40 years later
September 25, 2018
Martino Stierli– 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Rem Koolhaas’s Delirious New York. The book, which has been in print continuously and is one of the best-selling… READ MORE
Art Deco Chicago
September 7, 2018
Robert Bruegmann– If I had to pick a single object to suggest what we tried to do in Art Deco Chicago, I would probably choose this Craftsman brand portable air… READ MORE
Winslow Homer and the Camera
August 6, 2018
Dana E. Byrd and Frank H. Goodyear — Research projects can begin in many different ways. Winslow Homer and the Camera began with a phone call from a man named… READ MORE
Color Codes
August 1, 2018
David Scott Kastan— Up until the eighteenth century, Asian people appeared white to European eyes. Sometime early in 1515, a Portuguese merchant named Tomé Pires sent a detailed account of… READ MORE
Art on Its Own Terms: Author Amelia Peck on Gee’s Bend Quilts in My Soul Has Grown Deep
July 26, 2018
Rachel High– Recently published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press, My Soul Has Grown Deep: Black Art from the American South accompanies the exhibition… READ MORE
Louis Lozowick: Style and Politics
July 13, 2018
Emma Acker– Visitors to the exhibition Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art (March 24-August 12, 2018, de Young Museum, San Francisco; September 16, 2018-January 6, 2019, Dallas Museum… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic