A King Drowned in Red: Jonathan Yeo's Portrait of King Charles III
Analyzing Jonathan Yeo's monochromatic crimson portrait of King Charles III: royal ceremonial traditions, environmental activism, and the crisis of state portraiture.
Venice 2024, The "Portraits" Room: Other Faces of Modernism
Reviewing Adriano Pedrosa's 60th Venice Biennale, Stranieri Ovunque: the historical Nucleo Storico 'Portraits' gallery and the polyphonic modernisms of the Global South.
"Fräulein Lieser": Klimt Lost for a Century and an Unnamed Sitter
Analyzing Gustav Klimt's rediscovered 1917 portrait Bildnis Fräulein Lieser, auctioned for €30M in Vienna: Nazi-era provenance gaps, the Washington Principles, and the identity of the sitter.
Faith Ringgold (1930–2024): Stories Stitched into Quilts
Commemorating Faith Ringgold (1930–2024): her groundbreaking story quilts, the reclamation of craft as fine art, and the centrality of the narrative figure.
The Laughing Cavalier Sets Out: The Frans Hals Tour and the Difficulty of the Smiling Portrait
Examining the historic Frans Hals retrospective touring London, Amsterdam, and Berlin: the first international loan of The Laughing Cavalier and the pictorial difficulty of capturing a smile.