Blake Gopnik

ART
Around 1500, in Italy, a bunch of talented artists set things up so that when people heard the word "art," they automatically thought "painting." We're barely out of that mind-set today. That gets me thinking back to the moment just before painting's PR victory, and to the poor sap who decided...
 
Art: One-Liner Works Bear Messages Worth Repeating (By Blake Gopnik, June 21, 2009)
 
ART: Mark Lewis's Semi-Candid Camera (Post, June 12, 2009)
 
ART: A Finnish Artist Plays With Fire And Sets the Biennale Aglow (By Blake Gopnik, June 11, 2009)
 
ART: Roman Ondák's Fertile Twist Is Simply Inspired (By Blake Gopnik, June 10, 2009)
 
A Most 'Animated' Eco-Critique (By Blake Gopnik, June 9, 2009)
 
Bruce Almighty: At the Venice Biennale, Nauman Proves Himself a Contemporary Classic (Post, June 8, 2009)
 
Reality Show (By Blake Gopnik, June 7, 2009)
 
Art: 'Spanish Still Life,' Down to a Science (Post, May 25, 2009)
 
The Artist Was No Pro, but Would You Know It? (By Blake Gopnik, May 24, 2009)
 
Brought Into the Fold (By Blake Gopnik, May 23, 2009)
 
'Younger Than Jesus': Made by Generation Why (By Blake Gopnik, May 17, 2009)
 
Feast Your Eyes (By Blake Gopnik, May 17, 2009)
 
A Real Vision in Gray (By Blake Gopnik, April 29, 2009)
 
Shedding New Light: David Stork Uses Science To See a World of Art Through Old Masters' Eyes (Post, April 26, 2009)
 
ART: Nationals' Sculptures: No Hits, Just Errors (By Blake Gopnik, April 9, 2009)
 
Face Value (By Blake Gopnik, April 7, 2009)
 
A Larger Canvas: A New York Career Beckons Some D.C. Artists (Post, March 25, 2009)
 
All Eyes Turn To T.J. Clark, Who Turns His To Picasso (By Blake Gopnik, March 22, 2009)
 
Cézanne Central (By Blake Gopnik, March 15, 2009)
 
A Brush With The Paris Art Scene: Out-of-the-Way Sites Show Off The Avant-Garde Side of the City (Post, March 8, 2009)
 
Art: At Freer, Aesthetic Is Simply Smashing (By Blake Gopnik, March 3, 2009)
 
Clay's Big Day (By Blake Gopnik, March 1, 2009)
 
Coloring Perception (By Blake Gopnik, February 15, 2009)
 
Monumental Man: Monumental Man (By Blake Gopnik, February 15, 2009)
 
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