Passing through, I noticed something quite unusual: without exception, all visitors to the exhibition were joined in completely silent, reverential contemplation. Such is the power of Sargent’s ...

Much of the magic of a John Singer Sargent painting resides in the subject’s clothing. From aristocrats in extravagant ruffles to actors swathed in glittering beading, the 19th-century artist ...

Which makes it a breathtakingly new sensation to be invited to walk into a new exhibition at Tate Britain and see the paintings of John Singer Sargent right there alongside some of the clothes that ...

First came an exhibition at London’s National ... fittingly co-organized by MFA Boston and the Tate Britain — organizations that supported Sargent during his lifetime— presents Sargent ...

The paintings were soon moved to the Tate ... Sargent, similarly, was the most sought-after portraitist on either side of the Atlantic. But after a hugely popular memorial exhibition in 1925-26 ...

the recent “Fashioned by Sargent” exhibition at MFA Boston and Tate Britain, which shed light on the artist’s performative, collaborative process). “Madame X” and her circle have been ...

is the John Singer Sargent exhibition I‘ve been waiting for but never knew it. That’s partly because I‘ve never really been waiting for any exhibition of Sargent’s, overcooked as we in ...