A Calm and A Storm: ‘Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, takes us deeper into the inexhaustibly complex relationship between nature and culture than any other exhibition I have ever seen. When Nicolas Poussin sets men and women amid vast landscapes, he is reflecting on our experience of the natural world, and nobody has more beautifully woven together sensation and imagination, instinct and intelligence, freedom and design. [TNR]
A less-celebrated Mexican talent: Juan Soriano (1920-2006) isn’t as well known in the United States as Kahlo or Diego Rivera and the other Mexican muralists, in large part because he lived in Mexico until 1950 and for extended periods in Europe thereafter. Yet based on this modest sampling of 16 early works, he deserves wider attention. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
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