The big picture.

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• The Uninhibited Brush A thousand years of Japanese picture books.
  Christopher Benfey Dec. 20, 2006
  
• Joseph Cornell's Virtual Reality What was he building in his basement?
  Christopher Benfey Nov. 29, 2006
  
• Cartoon Violence The true power of Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib paintings.
  Mia Fineman Nov. 15, 2006
  
• Pictures at an Execution Manet's most puzzling project.
  Christopher Benfey Nov. 8, 2006
  
• Digital Landscapes The changing role of nature in art.
  Mia Fineman Oct. 19, 2006
  
• Constable's Crucible Did the British painter invent Impressionism?
  Christopher Benfey Oct. 2, 2006
  
• Ambroise Vollard What secrets did the great gossip and collector hide?
  Christopher Benfey Sept. 15, 2006
  
• Perils of Adele Ronald S. Lauder buys a Klimt.
  Christopher Benfey June 20, 2006
  
• Hide and Seek With the New York Times The paper of record, er, anatomizes Girodet.
  Peter Brooks June 1, 2006
  
• David Hockney Is Afraid To Be Alone The shallow lyricism of one of America's favorite painters.
  Lee Siegel March 29, 2006
  
• East Meets West Why MoMA's new show doesn't help us understand Islam.
  Lee Siegel March 15, 2006
  
• Rebels Without a Cause Making sense of Dada today.
  Lee Siegel March 8, 2006
  
• What a Scream Edvard Munch's Scandinavian morbidity.
  Lee Siegel Feb. 24, 2006
  
• An American Rilke A closer look at sculptor David Smith.
  Lee Siegel Feb. 9, 2006