NEW YORK, N.Y. — Cubism is — we have been told — an artistic movement that strives to break down the falsehoods of art. Rather than emulate and create the illusion of reality, cubism did the opposite ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits.

The history of cubism -- Cubism as a stylistic and historical phenomenon -- The moral philosophy of lines / Mécislas Goldberg -- Matisse / Guillaume Apollinaire -- Georges Braque / Guillaume ...

The promise: an entirely new conception of Cubism. The thesis: that Cubism was both a radical rethinking of what a painting could be and a conversation with the past, as well as an effort to subvert ...