On April 26, 1937, Nazi planes firebombed the small Spanish town of Guernica, killing more than 1,600 people. More people are alive today, of course, who remember the attacks of 9/11, but Picasso made ...
Jacob Adriaensz Backer, “Half‑Naked Woman with a Coin” (c.1636), oil on canvas. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Even to the trained eye, there is something ...