Was Joseph Cornell a surrealist? He has been described as a “lone star within the surrealist constellation,” a turn of phrase that might have pleased the avid stargazer of Flushing, New York, but one ...

Collectors give the museum 27 box constructions and collages by the homebody artist who rarely left Queens but became a central figure in 20th century art. By Deborah Solomon In her new memoir, “The ...

What is it about boxes that is so fascinating? I was thinking this as I went into Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art to see Pandora’s Box, a show that displays artist Joseph Cornell’s signature ...

Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was a self-taught assemblage and collage artist, and filmmaker, active in New York City. He was born in Nyack, New York on December 24, 1903, and died of heart failure at ...

In his personal papers, as in his art, Joseph Cornell embraced life's evanescence. Known mainly for his shadow box constructions, Cornell documented his passion for "exquisite surprises"- the poignant ...

As artist Joseph Cornell sits at a Bickford’s Cafeteria table, a waitress lists the specials. “I’ve got your honey-colored seashells,” she chirps. “I’ve got your crested cockatiel . . . your deep-sea ...

The Katonah Museum of Art (KMA) presents two special exhibitions — Miniature Worlds: Joseph Cornell, Ray Johnson, Yayoi Kusama and John O’Reilly: Studio Visitations — and two installations — The ...

As the artist John Baldessari once said, "As soon as you put two things together, you have a story." That line has been rattling around in my head recently, thanks to the Hirshhorn Museum and ...

Jasper Johns at the National Gallery: What promises to be the season's most important exhibition opens at its very end. On Jan. 28, the National Gallery will launch "Jasper Johns: An Allegory of ...