Gritty and grounded, Max Ernst managed to dig out the more substantive side of Surrealism.

How the Dutch Abstract Expressionist helped redefine New York cool.

The New Museum’s survey of the East Village art scene is loose and shaggy—but so was the real thing.

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For its millennial show on the human figure, MoMA rearranges some familiar works in its permanent collection -- with eye-opening results.

Behind Closed Doors: The Art of Hans Bellmer

A century’s worth of proletarian portraits gives the Arab world a very different face.

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Jack Goldstein and Gregory Crewdson continue dancing on the line between earnest and distanced.

Pipilotti Rist's mix of fifties-era kitsch and postmodern self-awareness delivers a savvy commentary on the state of contemporary art.