Duncan Phillips

Modern and Surreal Combined by a Man Who Loved Them Both

Two of my favorite American art museums, the Phillips Collections in Washington, D.C., and the Wadsw  read more »

Pierre Bonnard, Returns In Triumph To D.C. Museum

There was a time, in the early decades of the last century, when the newly created museums devoted t  read more »

Painter Jacob Lawrence Still Grips and Stings

The American painter Jacob Lawrence, who died last year atthe age of 82, had the good fortune to enj  read more »

20th-Century Collectors: The Patrons Have a Show

Some subjects in the art world are better left to be dealt with historically than in the present ten  read more »

The Daumier Retrospective: More Than a Caricaturist

There are retrospective exhibitions of well-known artists that ought to be accompanied by a warning  read more »

In Renoir to Rothko Show, Art, Not Hype, Is First

For anyone with a keen interest in modern painting for the esthetic and intellectual pleasures it af  read more »