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 ...

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 ...

The Joseph Cornell Study Center collection measures 196.8 linear feet and dates from 1750 to 1980, with the bulk of the material dating from 1930 to 1972. Documenting the artistic career and personal ...

It would he hard to find a more painfully private man than Joseph Cornell. The American assemblage artist lived his entire life in Flushing, Queens, with a disabled brother and tyrannical mother.

Prints and multiples, Silkscreen in five colors with varnish stencil additions printed on Buff Arches Paper. Signed and numbered. Framed. Joseph Cornell (b. 1903 – d. 1972) was a major American artist ...

A Rothko, a Twombly and a Surrealist box with a Medici princess by Joseph Cornell are estimated to sell for $145 million.

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 ...

Auburndale produced an unlikely innovator in the art world in the mid-20 th century: shadow box and collage artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), who over four decades lived in a small frame house on ...

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 ...

Gagosian is working with Wes Anderson to recreate Joseph Cornell’s artist studio for an upcoming show in Paris Titled The House on Utopia Parkway, the exhibition will feature over 300 works by the ...

Joseph Cornell was an American artist best remembered for his Surrealist assemblage works housed in shallow wooden boxes. Cornell produced works which incorporated found objects arranged in narrative ...

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 ...