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Old Masters Academy A Grey Ground and a Straight Back Neoclassicism emerged around 1750 as a particularly pure form of classicism—an art that turns back to ancient Greek an … read more

AI Art & Technology Fifteen Billion Images Don’t Teach a Hand to Draw I don’t confuse a picture count with a measure of seeing. Mid-Day’s headlin … read more

Old Masters Academy Light and Stillness in The Milkmaid Genre painting—the art that takes scenes of everyday life as its subject—found its most concentrated flourishing in … read more

The Daily Marquee Halloween Needs More Than a Costume I like Halloween best when it makes the ordinary look briefly haunted. An art pop-up can do that; a party with p … read more

The Daily Marquee Basquiat, Still Too Alive to Be Tidy I like Basquiat best when the word “rare” does not make him sound safely behind glass. The High Museum of A … read more