modern-art

In the 1940s, surrealist artist Marcel Duchamp, an old friend to these standout modern-art enthusiasts, had been assisting with finding a permanent home for their incomparable collection of over 1,000 objects.

Hymn to Flight DAVID NETTO 2011

Before the Louvre's glass pyramid, Parisians assailed the exposed colored pipes at the Centre Pompidou, the modern-art museum.

In Paris, Islamic Art Under a Flying Carpet Inti Landauro 2012

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and 10 others form the backbone of an exhibit opening Oct. 15 at Atlanta's High Museum of Art, which is calling this show one of the largest collections of modern-art masterpieces ever assembled in the Southeast.

Matisse Goes South: Modern in Atlanta 2011

Collectors credit the steady growth of modern-art galleries in Cairo and Alexandria with reviving local interest in the tumultuous 20th-century era, when Egyptian artists began painting life as they saw it, from slums to Sufi dancers.

Sands Shift in Mideast Collecting Kelly Crow 2010

"Gauguin: Maker of Myth," which opens Sunday at the National Gallery of Art, brings together nearly 120 works by the modern-art superstar.

'Gauguin: Maker of Myth' at National Gallery showcases late-19th-century artwork 2011

Nor would any major newspaper or magazine allow its chief art critic to accept gifts from the artists whom he reviewed, not least because the modern-art market has in recent years become a playground for billionaires.

How Two Great Critics Compromised Their Posthumous Reputations Terry Teachout 2011

He often elides Modernism (an aesthetic that runs roughly from the Impressionists in the late 19th century to Andy Warhol), the modern-art era (a period that may include everything from Romanticism to current enthusiasms), moderne (a visual style associated with Art Deco during the 1920s and 1930s) and what is simply new.

Making It New in the New World Steven Watson 2011

Projects might include making a modern-art replica with crayons or writing and performing a play based on a favorite book.

When the Sitter's an Artist Laura Hedli 2011

Ms. Wagner makes her point with visual art: Walther draws graffiti and presents a cubist painting to the Masters, and the riot at the end of Act II is a modern-art free-for-all, with revelers tossing paint from Andy Warhol soup cans.

At Richard Wagner's Old Stamping Grounds Heidi Waleson 2011

He often elides Modernism (an aesthetic that runs roughly from the Impressionists in the late 19th century to Andy Warhol), the modern-art era (a period that may include everything from Romanticism to current enthusiasms), moderne (a visual style associated with Art Deco during the 1920s and 1930s) and what is simply new.

Making It New in the New World Steven Watson 2011