Michael O'Sullivan

Articles by Michael O'Sullivan

Modern or Retro? Let's Call It a Draw. (August 22, 2008)

Nature Pushes Back Against Man (August 15, 2008)

Swats New? Not Much in 'Fly' (August 15, 2008)

Finding Humor in Tragedy (August 8, 2008)

More Than Just A Puppet Master (August 8, 2008)

(Pictures of) Water, Water, Everywhere (August 1, 2008)

From the Manor Shorn: A Trim 'Brideshead Revisited' (July 25, 2008)

Statues With Some Life (July 25, 2008)

Art That Seduces as It Shocks (July 18, 2008)

Where Are We From? How Did We Get Here? (July 11, 2008)

The Female Eye Turned Inward (July 4, 2008)

The Final Frontier: Imagining the Possibilities (June 20, 2008)

Paint: The Message Vs. the Medium (June 13, 2008)

Steroids: The 'Bigger' Picture (June 6, 2008)

Political Lines, Sharply Drawn (June 6, 2008)

Who Needs Words? The Pictures Say It All. (May 30, 2008)

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Godard: A Revolutionary In More Ways Than One (May 16, 2008)

'Ballyhoo!': The Old Fame Game (May 16, 2008)

A Feast for the Eyes (May 16, 2008)

Fantasies With a Subtle Edge (May 2, 2008)

Artists Wax Eloquent in an Ancient Medium (April 25, 2008)

Making the Ordinary Extraordinary (April 18, 2008)

Photography's Enduring Street Cred (April 18, 2008)

Read All About It (April 11, 2008)

'Third Person': The Thrill Is Gone (March 28, 2008)

Layers of Meaning in Object Art (March 21, 2008)

Naomi Watts, Feeling the Fear (March 14, 2008)

Digging Up the Seeds of Freedom (March 14, 2008)

'Hogfather': Low-Budget Hogwash (March 7, 2008)

America, Through a Prism (March 7, 2008)

Separating the Truth From Fiction (February 29, 2008)

Pulling an All-Nighter (February 29, 2008)

An Enigma in Her Own Right (February 22, 2008)

The Phillips's Growth Spurt (February 8, 2008)

A Can-Do Artist Makes His Points (January 25, 2008)

'El Cid': Old-School Epic Maintains Its Edge (January 25, 2008)

Man vs. Beast: An Intimate Look (January 18, 2008)

'Migration': Universal Truths (January 4, 2008)

Now See Here . . . (December 28, 2007)

Unexpected Finds in Unexpected Places (December 21, 2007)

Confronting Immigration Head-On (December 14, 2007)

Conversation Pieces (December 14, 2007)

Finding Meaning in Grains of Salt (December 7, 2007)

Amy Lin's Growing Sphere of Influence (November 30, 2007)

Facing the Cold, Hard Truth (November 23, 2007)

Teeming With Discontent (November 16, 2007)

Breuer's Deep-Seated Design (November 9, 2007)

Anything Goes . . . (November 2, 2007)

Henri Matisse's Muscular Body of Work (October 26, 2007)

Play Fair (July 27, 2007)

Cassavetes Finds Her Comfort Zone (July 20, 2007)

'Gee's Bend': A Strong Foundation (July 6, 2007)

'Impressionism': The Spirit of America (June 29, 2007)

Wolfgang Tillmans, Paying Attention (June 22, 2007)

Elliott Gould, Born a Rambling Man (June 8, 2007)

Latino Artists in the Right 'Directions' (June 8, 2007)

Not Just the Man Who Stuck It to 'The Man' (June 1, 2007)

Portraiture That Paints Engaging Images (June 1, 2007)

Underneath It All, He's Still Bill Nighy (May 25, 2007)

'Japan': Reaching for the Unreachable (May 25, 2007)

The Power Behind the Written Word (May 18, 2007)

A Look at Our 'Bodies,' Ourselves (May 11, 2007)

ArtDC: A First for Washington (April 27, 2007)

Creative 'Disintegration' (April 27, 2007)

Revisiting the First Settlement (April 27, 2007)

David Duchovny and the Drama of Television (April 20, 2007)

Remixing Washington's Color-Field Vanguard (April 20, 2007)

For Pearce, Moving Forward Meant Stepping Back (April 6, 2007)

Dissecting Honor? Sharrer's 'Tribute' (April 6, 2007)

'Pictures': Art on the Move (March 30, 2007)

'5 + 5': The Equation Works Only in Theory (March 23, 2007)

Heather Graham: Fun Is Her Middle Name (March 9, 2007)

At AU, an Abundance of Craftsmanship (March 9, 2007)

In the Right 'Place' At the Right Time (March 2, 2007)

Drawn to Art (March 2, 2007)

Apted Mixes 'Grace' With Reality (February 23, 2007)

Manga's Powerful Feminine Mystique (February 23, 2007)

Govinda's Hardcore 'Punk Love' (February 9, 2007)

Getting to the Heart Of 'Bicycle Thieves' (February 9, 2007)

Photos Worth a Thousand Lies (January 26, 2007)

At Building Museum, the Globe's the Thing (January 19, 2007)

The Quiet Pull of the 'Bader Fund' Show (January 12, 2007)

'PhotoGenesis': Fine Prints (January 5, 2007)

The Best of 2006: Art (December 29, 2006)

The Buzz-Worthy Cate Blanchett (December 29, 2006)

Wallin: Projecting Our Own Fears (December 29, 2006)

The Utter Heartbreak of Voices From the Past (December 22, 2006)

Collectors, Holding Their Own -- and More (December 15, 2006)

'The Paradise Institute': Real And Surreal (December 8, 2006)

Gaining 'Insight' at Corcoran (December 8, 2006)

Richmond Artists Rooted in Histories (December 1, 2006)

Joseph Cornell's 'Poetic Theaters' (November 24, 2006)

'Book as Art': Read Closely (November 17, 2006)

Exhibiting Good Taste (November 17, 2006)

Winners by a Neck (November 17, 2006)

What Would ____ Do? (November 17, 2006)

Shopping Superlatives (November 17, 2006)

Beyond Museums (November 17, 2006)

Cartoons That Draw You In (November 10, 2006)

'Folks': Taking a Good Look at Ourselves (November 10, 2006)

Sculpture In Very Uncertain Terms (November 3, 2006)

Rupert Grint: In the Driver's Seat Now (November 3, 2006)

South Africa's Henna Is on 'Fire' (October 27, 2006)

'Anonyme': When Modernism Was Modern (October 27, 2006)

Gilliam, Searching for His Audience (October 27, 2006)

Jones: Small Shoes to Fill In the Other Truman Show (October 13, 2006)

Contemplating Cleary at Edison Place (October 13, 2006)

Man and 'Beast' in Harmony (October 13, 2006)

On the Streets, Graffiti Is Making a Name for Itself (October 13, 2006)

John Constable's Big Ideas (October 6, 2006)

Connecting The Dots With Meaning (September 29, 2006)

At Sackler, A First Taste Of Simryn Gill (September 29, 2006)

Trawick Prize Winners' Attention to Details (September 22, 2006)

The Gritty 'Streets of New York' (September 22, 2006)

Artist as Curator: Another Perspective (August 11, 2006)

With Allen Comedy, McShane Has Risen From the 'Dead' (July 28, 2006)

Capturing The Many Hues of Creativity (July 28, 2006)

Aboriginal Women In a Dream State (July 21, 2006)

Plugging Away to Bring Back the Electric Car (July 21, 2006)

In the 'Jungle,' Success In Failure (July 14, 2006)

The Faces of Asia, at the Sackler (July 7, 2006)

For Amy Sedaris, the Weird Is Weirdly Wonderful (July 7, 2006)