• Blake Gopnik reflects on a figure in 'Place du Tertre' by Lois Mailou Jones

    Washington Post - Museums / 2009-12-30 01:00:00 / 3 Comments
    Second of five articles in which the Post's art critic chooses a single detail from a single painting to dwell on.... Read and comment | Read original article
  • Blake Gopnik Reflects on Glassware in Renoir's 'Luncheon'

    Washington Post - Museums / 2009-12-29 01:00:00 / 3 Comments
    First of five articles... Read and comment | Read original article
  • 'Art of the Samurai,' 'Kandinsky' teach surprising lessons

    Washington Post - Museums / 2009-12-27 01:00:00 / 3 Comments
    NEW YORK -- It happens often enough to be scary. You think you can safely skip a show, because you think you know what its art i... Read and comment | Read original article
  • Holiday concerts

    Washington Post - Museums / 2009-12-04 01:00:00 / 1907 Comments
    Many events require reservations or advance ticket purchases -- call before you go!... Read and comment | Read original article
  • National Gallery of Art displays recent acquisition: Byron Kim's provocative 'Synecdoche'

    Washington Post - Museums / 2009-11-29 01:00:00 / 1597 Comments
    Can a museum that specializes in the Old Masters also hope to keep up with the new ones? Then again, can it choose to wait for y... Read and comment | Read original article
  • Blake Gopnik surveys fall 2009 contemporary art in N.Y.C.

    Washington Post - Museums / 2009-11-22 01:00:00 / 17 Comments
    The term "contemporary art" no longer refers to the art of the moment. It refers to a certain kind of art, born in the late 1960... Read and comment | Read original article
  • In art we lust: At second blush, classic works rise to full erotic potential

    Washington Post - Museums / 2009-11-08 01:00:00 / 19 Comments
    Forgive me, readers, for I have sinned.... Read and comment | Read original article
  • Art review: Blake Gopnik on John Gerrard exhibit at Hirshhorn

    Washington Post - Museums / 2009-11-05 01:00:00 / 14 Comments
    All art talks about its techniques: Every painting is partly about paint; a carving always speaks of chisels.... Read and comment | Read original article