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Smee, an art critic for the Globe, was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism. He previously wrote for a number of publications in London and Sydney. Smee is the author of five books on Lucian Freud, and one on Matisse and Picasso.
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FRAME BY FRAME
Seeing firsthand how life could be fragmented
By Sebastian Smee , Globe Staff
Kurt Schwitters was one of the most fascinating of modern artists, and this large work is his most commanding in the United States.
Television Review
In street faces, the power and limits of the image
By Sebastian Smee , Globe Staff
The premise of the new HBO documentary, “Inside Out: The People’s Art Project,” is that showing people’s faces matters.
Summer | art
Turn on, tune in, design a great poster at Smith College
By Sebastian Smee , Globe Staff
Full of movement and color, the works in Smith College’s “Summer of Love” show were produced by inventive designers in the Bay Area.
Art Review
Jon Imber’s nimble shifts capture life, in all its forms
By Sebastian Smee , Globe Staff
A career survey of painter John Imber’s work is at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College, and it’s a joy.