Pablo Picasso, “The Scallop Shell: ‘Notre Avenir est dans l’Air'” (1912), enamel and oil on canvas; oval, 15 x 21 3/4 inches. Promised Gift from the Leonard A ...

What is cubism? It isn't. It isn't, that is, a movement with a coherent set of ideas or goals based on any single manifesto. Like most -isms in art -- mannerism, romanticism, impressionism, abstract ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. Of all the things a painter might depict, a mirror is one of ...

“It is a curious fact,” writes Alan Bowness, “that there has never before been a major Cubist exhibition in London.” Mr. Bowness, the director of the Tate Gallery, has lately set out to rectify this ...