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Sebastian Smee

Sebastian Smee

Art Critic at The Washington Post

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  • English
Covering topics
  • Art

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Recent Articles

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Phillips Collection sells O’Keeffe and other masterpieces amid outcry from supporters

Sotheby’s auctioned Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Large Dark Red Leaves on White” for $7.8 million alongside other works. The Washington museum intends to use sale proceeds to commission work from contemporary artists.
13 days ago
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Review | The art that’s as important to Radiohead’s identity as the...

Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke’s album covers and other works, on view in their hometown of Oxford, demonstrate the power of iteration.
13 days ago
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Column | When an art critic insulted this painting, its artist was ...

James McNeill Whistler’s “Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket” was ahead of its time. When the critic John Ruskin insulted it, a notorious libel case ensued.
14 days ago
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Phillips Collection will sell O’Keeffe and other masterpieces, spar...

The Phillips Collection will sell at auction artworks by Georgia O’Keeffe, Georges Seurat and Arthur Dove, drawing a debate over deaccessioning.
21 days ago
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The U.S. chose an artist for the Venice Biennale — then it fell apart

The State Department green-lit a proposal to launch American artist Robert Lazzarini to the “Olympics of the art world.” After negotiations collapsed, the country’s involvement is uncertain.
29 days ago
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Review | Surviving trauma, Yoko Ono became an artist of exemplary g...

A Yoko Ono retrospective in Chicago reminds us of her enduringly radical art.
30 days ago
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Column | Trump wants triumphal history. But democracies remember th...

President Trump has ordered museums and monuments to show triumphal history. But addressing shame and defeat is part of what makes nations thrive.
about 1 month ago
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Column | A painting of oceanic immensity by a flawed and broken man

Paul Gauguin painted his greatest masterpiece, titled “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?,” before attempting suicide.
about 1 month ago
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Review | These two painters helped change art forever. Were they al...

“Manet & Morisot,” a major exhibition of the famous impressionist pair, is a rare look at a creative relationship “like no other in the history of painting.”
about 2 months ago
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Column | It’s clearly a masterpiece. But did Bruegel approve of the...

Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “The Wedding Dance” is one of the most beloved Old Master paintings in the U.S.
2 months ago
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Column | An art critic’s pick for a dream Europe trip: Sweden and D...

On a summer trip to southern Scandinavia, critic Sebastian Smee encountered family connections, stunning museums and one of the best sculpture parks he’s ever visited.
3 months ago