Edgar Degas’s Work Is Less Sentimental And More Complex Than I Thought
What I found was not only far more complex than I had anticipated, but also challenging to my preconceptions of Edgar Degas as little more than the Maurice Chevalier of painters.
How A Great American Artist And Architect Complemented Each Other
The two friends created works that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also show how presentation is just as important to overall success as is content.
DC Features Best Look At Raphael’s Artistry Outside Rome And London
‘Raphael and His Circle,’ which opened recently at the National Gallery of Art, brings together works from the museum’s collections of prints and drawings by the master and his associates.
It’s Time For Classical Architecture To Bring Down The Hideous Grey Totalitarians
Nothing riles the cultural relativists and totalitarians more than the classical Western canon. The movement to bring back classical architecture in both Britain and the United States is long overdue.
Why Classical Architecture Better Serves The Public Good Than Modernist Atrocities
Classical architecture offers the possibility of restoring beauty to gain respect for the work public buildings do in contributing to the common good.
Behold Two Paintings That Show A Miraculous Christmas Meeting
Two historic women, one old and one young, were the first to welcome and praise the Savior of the world. And two glorious paintings communicate the beauty of these wondrous events.
3 Bad Ideas Fueling The Fury Against J.K. Rowling’s Critique Of Transgenderism
J.K. Rowling made headlines for tweeting in support of an academic who lost her job at a think tank over tweets affirming the reality of biological sex.
The Top 5 Art Stories Of 2019
You truly haven’t lived until you’ve seen Cate Blanchett wearing a bicycle helmet being spun around inside a giant clothes dryer as part of an art piece.
$120,000 Banana Proves Today’s Hip ‘Artists’ Are Out To Destroy Beauty
‘Comedian,’ the $120,000 piece of ‘banana art,’ reminds us today’s top artists define beauty all wrong. Artists are in this sense responsible for the shallow and ugly world we live in today — and nothing about it is comedic.
Why The ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Musical Doesn’t Live Up To Its Namesake
What I really wanted to see was the headstrong, heartbroken, cool girl who screamed out all her pain and trauma, but what I got instead was an issue-driven collection of too many stories.
Why Embryo Adoption Damages Children’s Rights
The ultimate solution to the problem is not ‘embryo adoption.’ The solution is never creating surplus embryos to begin with. No human being should be in storage.
Félix Vallotton: An Art Rebel Who Became Part Of The Establishment
Swiss-French artist Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was a member of ‘Les Nabis,’ a group of young artists from the Académie Julian in Paris.
Edward Hopper’s Timeless Paintings Raise More Questions Than They Answer
Hopper rarely sheds any light on the subjects in his figural paintings, not even when he shows them in the brightest of sunshine.
Alonso Berruguete’s Artwork Marked A Cultural Tipping Point In Renaissance Spain
Berruguete took the fruits of his Italian education and combined them with the tastes and traditions of Spain, resulting in art that, for the first time, was Renaissance in style but unmistakably Spanish in feeling.
NYC Pop-Up Exhibit Most Conveyed The Emptiness Of Today’s Art Scene
Art today seems to be more of an advertisement for the artists than a medium that conveys any real meaning or matter of its own.
Rembrandt Painted The Best Portrait Of Freedom Ever, And Here It Is
No other well-known work of art claiming to reflect the idea of freedom seems to withstand a real competition with The Night Watch.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Legacy Was More Than Spooky Furniture
A new museum exhibit tells the tale of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, fostering an appreciation for his artistic collaborative efforts and his truly groundbreaking works of architecture and design.
How Politics Has Infiltrated The World Of Fine Arts
Art Critic William Newton joins Ben Domenech on this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the influence of social media and politics on the direction of art museums.
Meet Leonardo Da Vinci’s Art Tutor, Andrea Del Verrocchio
‘Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence’ at the National Gallery of Art is the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to this artist ever mounted in the United States.
Antifa Versus White Nationalists Is Political Performance Art
Neither Antifa nor their rivals represent any large constituency in America. They are play acting, and we keep watching. What can we learn from it?
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