The connotations of the word “realism” in French literature are so varied that the magnitude of the subject is even greater than appears at first sight. In its later developments realistic ...

And we’re so used to these stories being thrilling, usually titillating, sometimes salacious, always entertaining. I don’t think anything can prepare you for Adolescence’s almost forensic lack of ...

Blake Gopnik recounts how the Albert Barnes Foundation started its collection of modern art via an excerpt from his book, 'The Maverick's Museum.' ...

I don’t think anything can prepare you for Adolescence’s almost forensic lack of artifice; its uncompromising, miserable realism; and as a result, the utter bleakness of its sense of accuracy.

The painting is one of 14 such works—known as pichwais—in “Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God,” on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art through August 24.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, left, shakes hand with Indian Prime Minister ...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 9 of “Severance,” now streaming on Apple TV+. “Severance” is known for its precise visual aesthetic, and that’s seen ...

History paintings were the highest order of art. Florals and still life paintings were okay for women artists and male artists of the lower ranks, but if you wanted to make a statement and a name ...

But the paranoid, reactionary “realism” preached by oil and gas execs in Houston this week has plenty in common with the more genteel versions being peddled in Brussels and on Wall Street ...

(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s National Gallery said a Greek lawmaker on Monday attacked four paintings in an exhibition at the museum in Athens, including one he had ...

His selection of drawings and paintings are in the mode of classicists from Millet to Manet to James ... “I want to take realism and tell stories abut what’s going on now,” he said recently.

This is a moment for realism.” Ms. Otunbayeva outlined the dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, where more than 23 million people – over half the population – require international aid and ...