One of the foremost figurative artists working today, Lucian Freud has redefined portraiture and the nude through his unblinking scrutiny of the human form. And while most are familiar with Freud’s th
Herbert Blau here reflects on performance as it moved from the theatricalized activism of the sixties into the theoretical activism of the eighties. The essays theorize rather than formulate an ideolo
No photographer came close to capturing the sensations, scandals, and catastrophes of 1930s and 40s New York like Weegee (1899–1968). His striking images―captured through his uncanny ability to
