Author: Gilles Neret

In OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan has fashioned a story of discovery bathed in the light of a thousand suns - but one that is darkened by govrrnmen...

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (15711610), was a legend even in his own lifetime. Notorious bad boy of Italian pa...

At the age of six, Salvador Dalí (19041989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. Since then, he later said, my ambit...

Pieces of perfection. Jazz, chef d'oeuvre of Matisse's radical new medium. The reputation of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) as a modernist giant is riva...

After flirtations with Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism, Kiev-born Kazimir Malevich (18781935) found his métier in dissolving literal, represe...

For Marc Chagall (18871985), painting was an intricate tapestry of dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual language carved...

Lampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter Édouard Manet (18321883) is now considered a crucial figu...

Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (14751564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His man...

Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dalí (19041989) was one of the centurys greatest exhibitionists and eccentricsand was rewarded w...