Click Here to Read: Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Art Gallery of Ontario: Graffiti, fame and the art market By Lee Pars on the World Socialist Web Site on May 8, 2015.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Obnoxious Liberals, 1982 Acrylic, oilstick, and spray paint on canvas 172.72 x 259.08 cm The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2014) Licensed by Artestar, New York
Click Here to Read: Julian Barnes: ‘Art doesn’t just capture the thrill of life … sometimes it is that thrill’ When Julian Barnes was growing up, going to a gallery felt like an obligation. Then he discovered modernism, with its slicings, whirls and brainy grids. Later, realism seemed just as fascinating and truthful. He reflects on a life looking at art by Julian Barnes on the Guardian Website on May 2, 2015.
The Persistence of Memory (1931) by Salvador Dalí. Photograph courtesy of Salvador Dalí, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS, 2007 Photograph: PR
