In Homer’s Odyssey, the episode of the witch Circe is one of the most deliciously intriguing of the epic. She is often ...

Jean-Claude Silbermann joined André Breton’s acolytes at 18. Now 90, he’s showing paintings at the Independent Art Fair and says Surrealism is “an attitude toward the world.” ...

In the days following the quake, the 20-year-old Chiura Obata, who had only been in the country for three years, grabbed his ...