Hank Willis Thomas, Colonialism and Abstract Art, 2019) (image courtesy the artist) The 1936 “Cubism and Abstract Art” graphic by the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Alfred J.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is known as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His artistic contributions completely changed the face of modern art. Picasso’s experiments with various ...

Societal transformations often spark controversy. In the early 1900s, a new movement in art — derisively called “cubism” for the bizarre cubes the art supposedly depicted — sparked backlash. In 1913, ...

When we think of Cubism, a pivotal moment in the birth of modernism when artists began to deconstruct their pictorial compositions, we immediately think of Picasso and his collaborator Georges Braque.

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

Pablo Picasso, “The Scallop Shell: ‘Notre Avenir est dans l’Air'” (1912), enamel and oil on canvas; oval, 15 x 21 3/4 inches. Promised Gift from the Leonard A ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. Of all the things a painter might depict, a mirror is one of ...

Universitat de Lleida provides funding as a member of The Conversation ES. Universitat de Lleida provides funding as a member of The Conversation CATALAN. At the end of the 19th century, long before ...

When an art museum reinstalls its permanent collection of paintings, sculptures and works on paper, perspectives can be freshened, recent scholarship given a platform and surprises unwrapped. Last ...