Opinion The Whitney Biennial: ‘Pleasant’ Should Count as a Rave in Our Troubled Age THE DAILY PIC: The 2017 Whitney Biennial leaves visitors more sprightly than at earlier ones. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 20, 2017
Opinion What the Dots Mean in Andy Warhol’s Pop Art THE DAILY PIC: At the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, one of Warhol's 'Most Wanted Men' is a close-up on our mass-media culture. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 17, 2017
Opinion Hercules Segers: A Great Modern Artist—From the 17th Century THE DAILY PIC: In the Metropolitan's show of the Dutch artist, we see him breaking every rule, including some that had yet to be written. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 16, 2017
Opinion ‘Islamic’ Carpets Prove That ‘Islam’ Can Cover Many Things THE DAILY PIC: In the Metropolitan's show of Iranian rugs, joy and esthetics are every bit as Muslim as severity and abnegation. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 15, 2017
Opinion James Turrell Makes the Sky Look Like a Pantone Chip THE DAILY PIC: At Pomona College, Turrell's Skyspace is so much about our senses, it proves that other art is all about thought. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 14, 2017
Opinion The $14 Million Flip, and What the London Day Sales Foretell for the Near Future artnet News's dauntless columnist ventured to the London auctions to sift for clues among the remainder bins. By Kenny Schachter, Mar 13, 2017
Opinion Gainsborough’s ‘Blue Boy’ Was the World’s Greatest Painting—When It Was the Most Expensive One THE DAILY PIC: The Huntington's gem broke records in 1921, and shot to fame in the U.S. Was that because it billed nouveau-riche as old money? By Blake Gopnik, Mar 13, 2017
Opinion Picasso, Our Greatest Old Master—But Now as Much ‘Old’ as ‘Master’ THE DAILY PIC: At LACMA, a Picasso/Rivera pairing puts Picasso in the lead – of a race we're no longer running. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 10, 2017
Opinion Why Was Frida Kahlo the Star of International Women’s Day? Other women artists deserve a rare moment in the spotlight. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 9, 2017
Opinion Hans Schaüfelein’s Tortured ‘Job’: Picture-Perfect Perseverance THE DAILY PIC: In LACMA's show on Reformation art, Hans Schaüfelein’s 'Job' makes us wonder if pain has always meant the same thing. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 9, 2017
Opinion Sure, the Met Has Mounted Great Shows—So Why Haven’t They Registered? THE DAILY PIC: Thomas Campbell fostered some great exhibitions at the Met—and only a few people noticed. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 8, 2017
Opinion Kenny Schachter Gets Roasted During Armory Week… and Lives to Tell the Tale This time around, the globetrotting columnist barely escaped the art fairs with his scalp intact. By Kenny Schachter, Mar 7, 2017
Opinion At Thomas Campbell’s Met, Numbers Came to Matter More than Art THE DAILY PIC: Rare treasures like Andrea Schiavone's "Venus and Cupid" are why the Met exists—it doesn't matter if they don't draw the crowds. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 7, 2017
Opinion Judith Bernstein Sees a World Screwed-up By Men THE DAILY PIC: At The Box gallery in Los Angeles, Bernstein's "Screw Drawings" show a world poisoned by testosterone. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 6, 2017
Opinion Donald Ian McCaw’s Solution for Preserving Art: Bury It THE DAILY PIC: McCaw crafts a perfect spoof of collecting and the art-storage industry. By Blake Gopnik, Mar 3, 2017
