Tostmann introduces his survey with a pair of pastels by the British artist James Sharples of George and Martha Washington, each created circa 1798 and accessioned by the institution in 1848. (A tool ...

Anna Abalkina is a research fellow at the Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

An installation view of “Picasso and Paper” at the Cleveland Museum of Art. David A. Brichford, courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer’s roving art critic ...

The humble paper check had a good run, but it’s all nearly dead today. Originally developed one thousand years ago in the Middle East, checks were the most widely used non-cash payment method in ...