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Location: Courtauld Gallery

Folies Bergere Poster — You've likely seen this glassy-eyed late 19th Century barmaid before, but what can we make of this painting today?

Better Know: Manet’s Bar

by The Art Assignment

Édouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, oil on canvas, 1882 (Courtauld Gallery, London) — Griselda Pollock unpacks some of the questions raised by Manet’s last masterpiece.

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère with Griselda ...

Édouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882 (Courtauld Gallery, London) — Manet turns the tables—or in this case, the bar—on how we view painting.

Édouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Auguste Renoir, La Loge- detail — The Paris Opera was a who’s who of society, and the attendees were as much on display as the performers.

Auguste Renoir, La Loge

by Dr. Beth Harris and Rachel Ropeik

Lucus Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve, 1526, oil on panel (Courtauld Gallery, London)-thumb — Is that a lion, or a dog? Cranach’s peculiar animals have us scratching our heads along with Adam.

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve

by Rachel Ropeik and Dr. Steven Zucker

Paul Gauguin, Nevermore - detail — Gauguin’s nude is suspended between dreams and reality— just like his imperialistic vision of Tahiti.

Paul Gauguin, Nevermore

by Rachel Ropeik, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Plaster Cupid, detail — All conventions of perspective are called into question in Cézanne’s meditation on the nature of experience.

Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Plaster Cupid

by Rachel Ropeik, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889 — An optimistic message to his doctors, or a farewell letter to his utopian artistic dream? We’re all ears.

Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear