Review
Booksarchive
Books: Edward Lucie-Smith and the visual arts in the twentieth century
This survey covers everything from Impressionism to Damien Hirst. Have we moved from uniformity to diversity or to post-modern incoherence?
Salvador Dalíarchive
Books: The first ever study of Salvador Dalí’s creativity through his own voluminous writings
Dalí in his own write
Booksarchive
The Eames’s optimism, faith in technology and belief in design are revealed in this book of essays
Charles and Ray Eames are the American dream team
Filmsarchive
Art on Screen from “Lust for Life” to “I Shot Andy Warhol”
David D’Arcy reviews the rash of films about art and artists now being made in the US
Alberto Giacomettiarchive
David Sylvester's matter-of-fact sagacity in "Looking at Giacometti"
To his credit, Sylvester avoids dwelling on the artist's private life and bears down on the art
Booksarchive
A look at the best of new art books
Books on non-Western art, women artists, and from the new art history
March 1991archive
How Saddam Hussein's ideology was enshrined in his art commissions
New book "The Monument" explains why greater attention to the Iraqi director’s iconography might have illuminated Western politicians as to his ambitions