Kaphar takes a violent history and renders it visible in this modified portrait of Andrew Jackson. The Trail of Tears and The Cost ... by Lauren Haynes, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Dr. Beth Harris
Chilkat weaving has been practiced by Tlingit for hundreds of years; here modernity and tradition weave together. Clarissa Rizal, Resilience Robe by Lily Hope at Portland Art Museum and Dr. Beth Harris
Haring’s subway drawings were born from his desire to create art that was accessible for everyone. Keith Haring, Subway Drawings by Dr. Amy Raffel
Wiley wryly places himself alongside the great master painters of history with his reimagined Napoleon. Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over ... by Dr. Gayle Clemans
Richter revives the genre of history painting in the 21st century in this work showing the events of 9/11. Gerhard Richter, September by Gerhard Richter studio
John Cage and Richter never met, but there was a kinship between these two artists with diverse practices. Gerhard Richter, The Cage Paintings (1-6) by Gerhard Richter studio
Hyperreal paintings like “Betty” are just one part of Richter’s practice, which resists stylistic classification. Gerhard Richter, Betty by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Haacke documents the provenance of a Seurat sketch held in a bank vault to lay bare the commodification of art. Hans Haacke, Seurat’s “Les Poseuses” (small version), ... by Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
This British-born Nigerian artist brings a Rococo painting into three dimensions, changing some critical details. Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard) by Dr. Allison Young
In this canvas, Kiefer transformed architecture meant to honor Nazi heros into a memorial for their victims. Anselm Kiefer, Shulamite by Rebecca Taylor
Cheap fabric with a garish print becomes an eerie specter of surveillance thanks to some creative chemistry. Sigmar Polke, Watchtower series by Katrina Klaasmeyer
Hugh Hefner turned women into objects, and Sigmar Polke turned those objects into dots. Sigmar Polke, Bunnies by Katrina Klaasmeyer
Richter toys with both visual and ethical clarity in this evocative, ambiguous painting of an uncle lost to WWII. Gerhard Richter, Uncle Rudi by Dr. Steven Zucker
Koons’ cartoonish life-size emblems of childhood innocence are an assault upon both sincerity and taste. Jeff Koons, Pink Panther by Dr. Thomas Folland