Images of Works Cited

in Bucking the Artworld Tide

Works are listed in the order in which they are cited in the text. Examples cited in notes are arranged here as if they were part of the relevant section of text. In cases where an image of the particular work cited was not available, a similar work by the same artist might be substituted.

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV

Part I. Art & Pseudo Art

Robert Payne: Uncommon Guide to the World of Art

Valentin Who?–A Neglected French Master

Victorian Treasures: Paintings from the McCormick Collection

Anna Hyatt [Huntington]’s Joan of Arc

R. H. Ives Gammell

Understanding and Appreciating Art

Two Exhibitions Worth Praising

Today’s “Public Art”: Rarely Public, Rarely Art

“Public Art” for Whom?

Picasso’s Sculpture: Much Ado about Very Little

What’s Wrong with Today’s Protest Art?

Cy Twombly in Mr. Morgan’s House?

Folded Paper and Other Modern “Drawings”

Bill Viola’s Passions–No Kinship to Rubens

The Apotheosis of Andy Warhol

Fake Art–the Rauschenberg Phenomenon

Old and New Art–Continuity vs. Rupture

Contemporary Art Worth Knowing

Dismaying Exhibition of De Waal Installations at the Frick

Commemorating Andrew Wyeth

Part II. Abstract Art

Kandinsky and His Progeny

Hilton Kramer’s Misreading of Abstract Art

Has the Artworld Been Kidding Itself about Abstract Art?

Abstract Art Is an Absurd Inversion of American Values

Jousting with Mark Rothko’s Son

Part III. Art Education

Where’s the Art in Today’s Art Education?

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Rescuing Art from Visual Culture Studies

Why Teach Art? Reflections on Efland’s Art and Cognition

The Hijacking of Art Education

The Great Divide in Art Education

Museum Miseducation: Perpetuating the Duchamp Myth

How NOT to Be an Arts Advocate

Understanding Contemporary Art

How Not to Teach Art History

The Truth about Pop Art

Barking Up the Wrong Trees in Art Education

Art Education or Miseducation? From Koons to Herring

Part IV. Art Theory

Art and Cognition: Mimesis vs. the Avant Garde

Modernism, Postmodernism, or Neither? A Fresh Look at “Fine Art”

The Undefining of Art and Its Consequences

The Art of Critical Spinning

Why Discarding the Concept of “Fine Art” Has Been a Grave Error