Tag: Painting
Thomas Eakins: Brilliant painter, gifted photographer … sexual predator?
Henry Adams, Case Western Reserve University
The recent toppling of a string of powerful figures for sexual abuse and harassment raises the question of how...
Is Ryan Kelly’s iconic photograph an American ‘Guernica’?
Jennifer Wenzel, Columbia University
On August 12, Charlottesville Daily Progress photographer Ryan M. Kelly captured the exact moment that Nazi sympathizer James Alex Fields, Jr....
Andrew Wyeth and the artist’s fragile reputation
Henry Adams, Case Western Reserve University
I vividly recall my first encounter with Andrew Wyeth’s art when I was 14 years old, in the dingy...
The secret to all great art forgeries
Jeff Taylor, Purchase College State University of New York
In A Forger’s Tale – convicted forger Shaun Greenhalgh’s new memoir – Greenhalgh reveals that he...
2015, the year that was: arts and culture
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
With the New Year approaching, we highlight the top arts and culture stories from 2015.
Over the past year, there was no...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
