The critic and curator spoke to The Art Newspaper about the role of art theory, and what advice he is giving to his students in today’s artistic climate.
The author is hindered by his own technique
How artists and the arts fared under the Vichy regime and the German occupation of France, 1940-44
With LACMA's “Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures” opening soon, the artistic heritage of Germany is again under the microscope
Ostensibly disparate films illuminate art after the end of World War II
Bovril jar, perfume and morphine also discovered
'That’s no lady, that’s my wife…'
Love him or hate him? Whatever…
A new analysis suggests the artist was sending mixed messages in his work
Artists, collectors, critics, museum directors and auction house executives pick their holiday books
Traditional understandings of the brotherhood are addressed, again
More artists, more women, more sex
How cristallo conquered the continent
Conservation and connoisseurship joined at the altar
A review of the new volume on Dutch painting
Beautiful boys—now available for women, too
Exhibition in Buffalo shows 60 works by the master
A well-written history of art in North America for students
Dr Kenneth Wayne says scholarship is the way forward
Archaeologically, architecturally and art-historically, Iran is very much on the move
A commentary on the end of art
Renée Baigell and Matthew Baigell's book reviewed
An uncritical, adoring treatment of the artist has not served him well
Antonio Paolucci states he will halt the Uffizi’s planned restoration of the painting if he hears convincing arguments as to why it should not take place
Tate: Meeting Place or Museum?
Nine years of painstaking research have revealed this technically adventurous side of the artist’s work
This book reveals how the CIA’s promoted US artists as a way of stopping the spread of Communism in the years after World War II