Alfred Barr

Oedipus on 53rd St.

Of the many criticisms one can make of the new, grossly expanded and grossly expensive Museum of Mod  read more »

Time to Reassess Maurice Prendergast, First Modernist

With the Vuillard retrospective still on view in Montreal and the recent Bonnard exhibition at the P  read more »

Met Becomes Modernism Central as MoMA, Guggenheim Waver

With the opening this summer of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum  read more »

A Paul Georges Exhibit Recalls Figurative 50's

There are painters who, though they have been showing their work in New York for decades, are still  read more »

No Norman Rockwell, Please: Galleries 1, Museums 0

Given the current contretemps over the ethics of museums that charge commissions for works of art so  read more »

MoMA's Modern Starts Slights Abstract Art

Certain exhibitions require repeated visits if we hope to attain a serious understanding not only of  read more »

Go People -Watching at MoMA! A Fine Show of Masterworks

The first thing to be said about the oddly named show called People , which is currently on view at  read more »