Jacksonmania Goes Highbrow at the National Portrait Gallery
A show that’s both fun and substantive shows the pop star’s continuing influence.
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Tintoretto in Venice: See His Paintings, Then Take a Walk
To get the measure of this bold artist, visit his massive, immovable works on church and club walls.
The Smart-Aleck Tintoretto Gets His Due
Titian scorned him as an upstart, but the young Venetian knew more about color than anyone else.
Crazy for Rembrandt, Then and Now
His works of genius have long inspired collectors, art lovers, fellow painters, and greedy fraudsters.
College Art Museums — the Good, the Bad, the Glorious
Despite financial battles and occasionally vapid political correctness, most serve their students and the public very well.
Clarence White and His World: When the Art of Photography Was Young
An exhibit of White’s daring work a century ago, as well as that of leading contemporaries, will soon go on tour.
The Black Arts — Magic and Chemistry — of Early Photography
Yale’s British Art Center pulls together a haunting collection of 19th-century salt-and-silver photos.
Winslow Homer’s Art, through the Camera Lens
Bowdoin’s Museum of Art examines how the great painter made use of photography’s forensic powers.
Washington in the Flesh, Almost
In a powerful show, the Frick brings us the most lifelike images ever made of America’s Founder.
Artwork from a Depression-Era Vermont
The Bennington Museum brings to life a world few people know.