Western Exposure

Sebastião Salgado photographs of nature are undeniably beautiful, but they also portray a typical Western gaze.

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Modernism’s Margins

George Bellows may have died before his work reached its peak, but it’s the fact that he’s “unfinished” that makes him interesting.

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Picasso in the Future

What does art from the ice age have to do with Picasso? It makes us think — how will we discuss Picasso millennia from now?

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The Gaze

In Victorine Meurent, Manet found a model that examined the viewer, and thus Manet invented the modern art spectator.

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Candid Camera

Presenting the artist at work turns painters into performers. They become their art.

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