How polychrome sculpture revolutionised art in 19th-century France
Coloured sculpture was a controversial art form that raised wider questions about realism and the role of art
Irving Penn’s radical formalism
The Met emphasises the quantity and variety of Penn’s photographs, but what really stands out is the unity of his vision
One photographer’s spiritual struggle in Jerusalem
In 1853 Auguste Salzmann went to Jerusalem to photograph religious sites. The results, on show at the Metropolitan Museum, are an insight into his own faith
The history of photography through women’s eyes
Two Paris museums have joined forces to celebrate the work of 165 women photographers
Not even Stalin could snuff out the legacy of early Soviet photography and film
The Jewish Museum’s exhibition reveals the importance of formal innovation to freedom of expression
The Lady Vanishes: ‘Madame Cézanne’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
No pairing of artist and muse was more complicated, ambivalent, or more richly productive
Every bit as good as Matisse: ‘The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec’ at New York’s MoMA
There’s a second talented Parisian on show at the MoMA this winter
Review: ‘That Obscure Object of Desire’ at Luxembourg and Dayan, NYC
Unfortunately these particular obscure objects make for a slightly incoherent show…
Review: ‘Multiple Exposures: Jewellery and Photography’ at MAD New York
In focusing on recent innovations, this exhibition risks losing sight of some of the original allure of its subject
Review: ‘Other Primary Structures: Others 2’ at the Jewish Museum New York
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose… the Jewish Museum revisits its seminal 1966 exhibition of minimalist sculpture, again
Review: ‘Other Primary Structures’ at the Jewish Museum
‘Primary Structures’ in 1966 featured minimalist sculptors from the US and UK. This revisionist revival looks further afield
Charles Marville and the Urban Sublime
Marville found glimpses of the Romantic sublime in Haussmann-era Paris. His photographs at the Met are not to be missed
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‘Art Spiegelman’s Co-Mix’ at the Jewish Museum in New York celebrates the extraordinary breadth and variety of the comic artist’s career
Little d’Angers
An exhibition at the Frick Collection ostensibly celebrates David d’Angers’ monumental sculpture, but his small medallions steal the show
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White Walled Cage
The reification of ‘revolutionary’ work by John Cage and the Fluxus artists at MoMA is unsettlingly contradictory. The artist is dead. Long live the artist!