The big picture.

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• A Certain Slant of Light Renoir's luminescence is darker than one might think.
  Christopher Benfey Nov. 13, 1997
  
• A Poet of Sexual Gloom Stanley Spencer at the Hirshhorn.
  Christopher Benfey Oct. 23, 1997
  
• Game Theory Robert Rauschenberg, the art world's master joker.
  Luc Sante Oct. 9, 1997
  
• Objects of Beauty Still lifes and natures mortes at the Museum of Modern Art.
  Christopher Benfey June 26, 1997
  
• Dada's Girl Hannah Höch thumbs her nose at art.
  Luc Sante April 10, 1997
  
• Inside Out The insider's outsider event of the year.
  Alexi Worth April 3, 1997
  
• Brushed Off Why Willem de Kooning's late works shouldn't be.
  Alexi Worth Feb. 27, 1997
  
• Thank Heaven for Little Girls The lubricious fantasies of Henry Darger.
  Larissa MacFarquhar Feb. 13, 1997
  
• Heaven and Earth Giambattista Tiepolo's balancing act.
  Christopher Benfey Feb. 5, 1997