The advent of photography in 1839, when aesthetic experience was firmly rooted in Romanticist tenets of originality, brought into focus the critical role that the copy plays in the perception of art.

In this poster mockup referencing Leonardo da Vinci’s painting The Last Supper, Edelson collaged over the faces of Jesus and his disciples with those of her friends and idols, including artists Alma ...

We have identified this work in the following photos from our exhibition history. Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond Aug 27, 2020–Jan 2, 2021 2 other ...

Glenn Lowry: Clark called these works "Bichos," or "critters." Connie Butler:: The implication being that these are small beasts or animals or in some way animated and living forms. If you look ...

Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills is a suite of seventy black-and-white photographs in which the artist posed in the guises of various generic female film characters, among them, ingénue, working ...

Connie Butler: A implicação é a de que esses Bichos são pequenas feras ou animais ou de alguma maneira formas animadas ou vivas. Se você olhar com atenção, vai observar que os Bichos são realmente ...

Linder [Linda Sterling] Untitled from Flourish Night Posters 2002-03 ...

The Learning Tree. 1969. Gordon Parks I saw this film when I was 18 years old, and Gordon Parks was at that time one of my heroes. So to see a film about his childhood in Kansas was so riveting and ...

“Painting from nature is not copying the object,” Cézanne wrote, “it is realizing one’s sensations.” In this work the artist demonstrates that a still life can be more than an imitation of life—it can ...

Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP) is an internal, cross-departmental research program at The Museum of Modern Art that fosters the multiyear study of art histories outside North America ...

With these words, Picasso shed light on two central principles of his artistic production over nearly 80 years: his openness to a diverse range of styles, subject matters, and mediums, and his ...

Read a short essay about Tarsila do Amaral at the post website (part 1) Read a short essay about Tarsila do Amaral at the post website (part 2) Read about Tarsila do Amaral’s A Lua (The Moon) on ...