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Dian Parker

Dian Parker writes for Observer, Artnet, Art & Object, Art & Antiques and other arts publications.

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An oil painting attributed to young Rembrandt depicts a fainted patient being tended to by an elderly woman with smelling salts as a bearded quack doctor looks on.

Dutch Golden Age Treasures from Thomas Kaplan’s Leiden Collection Take Center Stage in West Palm Beach

By Dian Parker
A monumental painting hangs centered in a grand museum hall with arched doorways and high windows, depicting a dark forest scene with water, a small human figure and a glowing gold area near the top.

At SLAM, Anselm Kiefer’s Material Transformations

By Dian Parker
A man wearing gloves and a black shirt drags a tool through thick black and white paint on a large canvas covered in abstract, textured strokes.

An Interview with Anselm Kiefer, Iconoclastic Alchemist

By Dian Parker
Glenstone Museum

A Museum Lover’s Guide to Maryland’s Glenstone

By Dian Parker
A densely detailed still life painting shows an overflowing arrangement of flowers, fruits, and plants—such as tulips, peonies, grapes, peaches, and pomegranates—intermixed with insects and small animals, illustrating the abundance and scientific precision characteristic of Rachel Ruysch’s work.

Rachel Ruysch’s Tirade of Beauty at Boston’s MFA

By Dian Parker
A bold abstract painting by Arshile Gorky on a deep orange background features dynamic, interlocking shapes in red, black, white and gray, resembling fragmented figures or objects in motion.

Arshile Gorky’s New York in Images and Memory

By Dian Parker
A graphite drawing showing a sky filled with layered, voluminous clouds rendered in detailed tones of gray.

Between Intimacy and Immensity: The Inscrutable Vija Celmins

By Dian Parker
A painted landscape by Cézanne depicting the Mont Sainte-Victoire mountain framed by pine branches, illustrating his lifelong obsession with this natural subject.

‘Cézanne au Jas de Bouffan’ at the Musée Granet Brings the Artist Home to Aix

By Dian Parker
A painted portrait of Berthe Weill shows her standing against a muted yellow-green background, dressed in a dark black robe with one hand in her pocket and a faint, self-assured expression on her face.

The Indomitable Berthe Weill, Forgotten Champion of the Parisian Avant-garde

By Dian Parker
An older man, duplicated in frame, appears to interview himself in a studio filled with charcoal drawings of still life objects including a Moka pot.

William Kentridge Wants to Starve the Algorithm

By Dian Parker
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