Seeing the Bauhaus through a Ketchup Bottle
Visiting Josef and Anni Albers at their suburban Connecticut home, an art historian finds insights into the artists’ approach to fast food, teacups, and even Heinz ketchup. Read More
View ArticleBrancusi’s ‘Kiss': A Never-Ending Embrace
A visit to Montparnasse prompts a reflection on the refined abstraction and complex romance of a famous sensual sculpture Read More
View ArticleMoving a Mantegna
A radical rehanging of a beloved Renaissance masterpiece at Milan's Pinacoteca di Brera induces awe in some observers—and cringes in others Read More
View ArticleThe Figure in a Matisse-cutout Carpet
In the spring of 1968, I took the last course ever taught by the art historian Meyer Schapiro. I was, at the time, a junior at Columbia College, and it was a thrill to be studying with someone who...
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Seeing the Bauhaus through a Ketchup Bottle
The couple on the grounds of the masters' houses at the Bauhaus in Dessau, ca. 1925. COURTESY JOSEF AND ANNI ALBERS FOUNDATION Nicholas Fox Weber was a 22-year-old graduate student in art history at...
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Brancusi’s ‘Kiss’: A Never-Ending Embrace
Gallerist Denise René. She never followed a trend or compromised her judgment.©PETER KNAPP A quintessential Paris moment for me, one I have repeated several times over the past decade, is a visit to...
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Moving a Mantegna
For many years, Milan has been my occasional base camp. And whether I am headed for a rock-climbing expedition or traveling on art-historical business, my first destination is always the Pinacoteca di...
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The Figure in a Matisse-cutout Carpet
The Matisse rug Mimosa, 1949–51, hanging in the front hall of Fox Weber’s childhood home. TIM NIGHSWANDER, IMAGING4ART/©2015 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORKIn the spring of...
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