In the year 1661, the government of the city of Basel decided to create the world’s first art museum open to the general...

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Belvedere in Vienna co-organize the exhibitions Golden Boy Gustav Klimt. Inspired by Van...

The exhibition Matisse in the Studio at the Royal Academy of Arts in London is on display until November 12, 2017. It “emphasizes European modernism’s global roots, celebrating the depth and variety of...

Hilary Spurling is no art historian, but a broadly acclaimed biographer (e.g.: Paul Scott). After eight years of research on the...

The former art critic of The Sunday Times (1949-74) and The New York Times (1974-1990), John Russell, in his book Matisse. Father & Son (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr; allow Amazon cookies...

In the new publication German Expressionism: Paintings at the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Director of the Saint Louis Art Museum,...

Agnes Denes A giant work by the eco-pioneer and landart master Agnes Denes, born in Budapest in 1931, ornates the Art Basel entrance at Messeplatz (photograph on top of this page). In 1982, she had created...

Following the merger of three important Winterthur collections to form the Kunst Museum Winterthur and the March 23, 2024...

From October 5, 2023 until January 15, 2024 the exhibition and the epynomous catalogue Max Beckmann: The Formative Years,...

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) died from an overdose of heroin before his 28th birthday. Nevertheless, during his short life,...