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 Barbara Hepworth in her studio, 1963. Photograph by Val Wilmer. © Bowness, Hepworth Estate.

Miles Avery

The Legacy of Barbara Hepworth and Why Her Work...

While history often spotlights Henry Moore or Brancusi, Hepworth shaped modern sculpture with equal force and far greater subtlety.

Untitled (Bacchus), 2005–2008 via Christie's © Cy Twombly Foundation

Rebecca Levenson

Not Everyone Gets It: Cy Twombly and the Abstra...

An exploration of Cy Twombly’s life, legacy, and the backlash to abstract art—why his scribbles aren’t nonsense, but modern poetry in motion.

Van Gogh, The Night Cafe, 1888 via Yale University Art Gallery/Wikipedia

Isabelle Fenwick

Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Tragic Feud and a Sev...

In 1888, Van Gogh and Gauguin’s vision of an art utopia in Arles spiraled into madness, betrayal, and one of art history’s greatest feuds.

Peggy Guggenheim via The Guggenheim New York

Hugo Merz

Peggy Guggenheim: The Heiress Who Built Modern Art

Peggy Guggenheim’s lifelong pursuit of daring, innovation, and emotional truth transformed the 20th-century art world, one acquisition at a time.

Dance (II), 1910 via WikiArt/Public Domain

Sable Monroe

Henri Matisse: The Joyful Mastery of Color and ...

From Fauvism to paper cut-outs, Henri Matisse redefined 20th-century art through an uninhibited embrace of color, movement, and the radical pursuit of joy.

Helen Frankenthaler, March 1960 photographed by Tony Vaccaro via Gagosian

Rebecca Levenson

Inside the Life, Work, and Legacy of Helen Fran...

Discover the history of Helen Frankenthaler's life and how she transformed abstract art with her soak-stain technique, bold color, and lasting cultural impact.

Georges Braque, The Studio (L’Atelier), 1939. Oil and sand on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls Collection, 1997. Accession Number: 1997.149.3. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Available under Open Ac

Miles Avery

Cubism’s Odd Couple: The Rivalry of Picasso and...

Picasso and Braque co-invented Cubism, but their friendship fractured with time. Discover the complex bond behind modern art’s boldest shift.

Photo of The Beatles by Harry Benson © Harry Benson / Courtesy of the Harry Benson Archive

Gabriel Delgado

Harry Benson: Royalty, Rebels, and Rockstars

A rare look at Harry Benson’s iconic black-and-white portraits, where fame, intimacy, and history collide in timeless photographic form.

Philip Guston, Flatlands, 1970 © The Estate of Philip Guston via SFMOMA

Lena Whitmore

Philip Guston: Figuration, Fear, and Moral Reck...

Philip Guston rejected abstraction to paint raw, cartoonish scenes of guilt, power, and complicity, art that still dares us to look.

Harold Garde, Witness, 2013 via Artwork Archive

Gabriel Delgado

Harold Garde: Innovator of Post-War American Art

Harold Garde (1923–2021) fused Abstract Expressionism, figuration, and innovation, leaving a lasting mark on post-war American art.