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Kimmelman's ascent of Ste.-Victoire--a bit of a disappointment, as it turns out--sets off a chain of thoughts about how people can disagree on what is beautiful, which leads to a review of the challenges that Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp made to the very idea of beauty. And that brings Kimmelman to reflect on the changing Western response to mountains--the Romans found them desolate, Martin Luther even thought they were part of God's punishment for man's fall--and how the dangers and hardship of a mountain trek, the very things that made mountains...
...inhabits a nation wracked by war in Ariel Dorfman's The Other Side (opening Dec. 6 at New York's Manhattan Theatre Club). It's one of three plays by the Chilean author (Death and the Maiden) to premiere this season. Purgatorio opens in Seattle in October, Picasso's Closet in Washington in June...
Unfortunately, excluding the otherwise limited Picasso and Dali collections, the Reina Sofia Museum did not meet the standard of excellence set by the Prado. Its twentieth century art collection lacked both quantity and quality. In contrast to the Prado, where the walls seemed more a collage of masterpieces than a museum display, the Reina Sofia’s wall space greatly exceeded the necessity for a small, growing collection. Inaugurated only in 1992, the young museum’s disproportions portrayed an atmosphere of scarcity. Indeed, within the context of these imbalances, the majority of the pieces in the museum?...
...innovation, much like the Prado. As engaged as I was when viewing the vast collection of traditional art at the Prado and Picasso’s “Guernica” at the Reina Sofia, my piecemeal experience with Spanish art was disappointing. To exclude modern art, particularly Picasso, from such a prominent, iconic museum is to exclude a pivotal moment in Spanish history. As a history aficionado and modern art connoisseur, I resented the extra walk down Paseo del Prado to find my favorite aspects of Spanish art—cubism, Picasso, and “Guernica?...
...facing Copley Square, which is the impressive, older entrance, and much more aesthetically pleasing than the new entrance. The Boston Public Library features an outdoor courtyard within the library complex, as well as famous artwork on public display, including the John Singer Sergent murals, as well as artwork by Picasso, Rembrandt, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Winslow Homer...