NEW YORK, N.Y. — Cubism is — we have been told — an artistic movement that strives to break down the falsehoods of art. Rather than emulate and create the illusion of reality, cubism did the opposite ...

Collage was invented by Georges Braque in September 1912. During a sojourn in the Provençal town of Sorgues, with his fellow pioneer of Cubism Pablo Picasso and their female companions, Braque noticed ...

In art, as in movies and theater, some blazing stars invariably get their names above the title, while others, though equally accomplished (or almost so), get second billing. French artist Georges ...

Collage, claimed Donald Barthelme, was “the central principle of all art in the 20th century.” The form has been around since the Chinese invented paper, but it wasn’t until 1912 and 1913 that Pablo ...