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 ...
Societal transformations often spark controversy. In the early 1900s, a new movement in art — derisively called “cubism” for the bizarre cubes the art supposedly depicted — sparked backlash. In 1913, ...
“It is a curious fact,” writes Alan Bowness, “that there has never before been a major Cubist exhibition in London.” Mr. Bowness, the director of the Tate Gallery, has lately set out to rectify this ...