Nation Topics - Fine Art | The Nation

Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo made art that was deliberately elusive, that does not want to be pinned down.

Nancy Spero began using only the female figure in her paintings to push back the limits of her world.

In his paintings and travels, Paul Gauguin sought a corner of himself that was still unknown.

How did craft become a calling that dare not speak its name?

Rafael Ferrer and Christian Marclay prize an aesthetic of spontaneous responsiveness irrespective of subject.

A vast new art exhibition will attempt to reconnect the heartland to our nation's artistic genius.

An essay for "America: Now and Here."

Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century); Ch-ch-ch-changes: Artists Talk about Teaching; Curating and the Educational Turn

This year's Whitney Biennial fails to address the question of which art pertains to our time rather than any other.

Ironic exclamation points and metallic rectangles were some of Cady Noland's favorite things.