CANVAS: WONDERS OF VIJA CELMINS A curious thing happens when you encounter the work of Vija Celmins in a museum. The Latvian-born American artist is... Published 28 Oct, 2018 07:32am
CANVAS: A LOOK AT AMERICAN MODERNISM The Philadelphia Museum of Art gets a bit of a black eye when it comes to the modern art of a century ago, in part... Published 10 Jun, 2018 06:51am
EXHIBITION: TURNING CIVIL WAR BATTLE INTO ART Abstract artists will often say that although their work isn’t representational or illusionistic, it nonetheless... Published 24 Dec, 2017 07:28am
CANVAS: THE DA VINCI QUOTE A Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus Christ sold for a record prize recently at an auction in New York. But what did Updated 02 Dec, 2017 04:39pm
After Alexander, when art made the world smaller The Met's exhibition of Hellenistic art dissolves the boundaries between Hellenistic and what we think of as Roman. Updated 21 Jun, 2016 08:13am
The ancient Egypt we didn’t know: on the move in art, culture and politics NEW YORK: For centuries, ancient Egypt seemed a marvel of unchanging continuity to professional and amateur scholars... Published 12 Jan, 2016 07:04am
New York museum looks at African art with new eyes NEW YORK: African art rarely thrives in the Western art museum. It hovers uncertainly between the beautiful or... Published 02 Jan, 2016 06:57am
Art-gazing photo shows presidential frame of mind WASHINGTON: Recently, the White House hung two new paintings in the Oval Office, and released a photograph to... Published 18 Feb, 2014 07:21am
