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Van Eyck to Gossaert
Towards a Northern Renaissance
Objects of beauty and prestige with their rich color and fine detail, early Netherlandish oil paintings were among the most widely sought-after works of the Renaissance. Beginning in the early 15th century with Jan van Eyck,...
Maine Moderns
Art in Seguinland, 1900-1940
Between 1900 and 1940, a group of modernist artists gathered regularly on the coast of Maine in a region then known as Seguinland. For photographer Paul Strand, painter Marsden Hartley, sculptor Gaston Lachaise, and others, it...
Roberto Capucci
Art into Fashion
A stunning survey of the work of renowned Italian fashion designer Roberto Capucci Italian couturier Roberto Capucci (b. 1930) is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes...
David Smith Invents
A fascinating look at renowned sculptor David Smith's late works and the methods and materials behind them Abstract Expressionist artist David Smith (1906–1965) was one of the most important American...
Imprinting the Divine
Byzantine and Russian Icons from The Menil Collection
The Menil's collection of Byzantine and related icons is widely regarded as one of the most important in the United States. Comprising more than sixty works, many acquired by Dominique de Menil in 1985 from the noted British...
Picasso and Braque
The Cubist Experiment, 1910-1912
Picasso and Braque offers an intimate look at one of the most pivotal exchanges in the history of Western art: the culminating two years (1910-12) of Analytic Cubism. While the Cubist experiment has long been a requisite...
Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution
Fu Baoshi (1904-1965)
One of the preeminent figures in 20th-century Chinese art, Fu Baoshi (1904-1965) revolutionized the tradition of Chinese ink painting, opening the door to innovations by subsequent generations. As both an art historian and a...
New Formations
Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection
In 1928 Czech artistis Jindrich Štyrský and Toyen published the Artificielismus (Artificialism) manifesto, calling for "new formations" in contemporary art. The term aptly reflects the spirit of adventure that Houston...
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics
The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection
As gallerists and collectors, Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio have helped shape the field of ceramics by expanding notions of the medium's possibilities. This comprehensive catalogue features, for the first time in its...
Windows on the War
Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945
Windows on the War is a groundbreaking publication—the first in English to focus on posters designed by the Soviet Union's TASS News Agency to bolster support for the Soviet war effort. TASS posters were created by a...