Alberto Giacometti’s drawing oeuvre documents the artist’s lifelong effort to represent visual perception, or “rendre ma vision,” as he famously declared. The psychological and philosophical ...

Alberto Giacometti, “Head of Diego on ‘La Psychanalyse'” (n.d.), ink on book page; 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) “What I am looking for is not happiness. I work ...

Even if you do not know the name Alberto Giacometti, you’ll probably recognize his work immediately upon entering the huge new exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art that celebrates the late Swiss ...

One sketch is stamped with eerily slender faces, their features obscured by dramatic swirls of dark pencil. The other depicts a nude woman, her arms held tightly at her side. Both works are etched ...

During one three-year period of creative output, Alberto Giacometti was able to fit every piece that he had made into six matchboxes, which he then carried in his pocket. Many of his plaster figures ...

“Sculpter le Vide” at Museum Cantini marks the first major Alberto Giacometti exhibition in Marseille, drawing inspiration from Jean-Paul Sartre’s view of the artist as a sculptor of emptiness and ...

Instead of seeing Giacometti in isolation, as a standalone genius, we are shown other leading artists of post-war Paris, many of whose work is still far too little seen, from César to Wols, Fautrier ...

On “Giacometti” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum & Alberto Giacometti: A Biography by Catherine Grenier. At the Guggenheim, the artist’s work looks resplendent spiraling up the museum’s ramp. This ...

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The difference between two similar looking paintings can be millions of dollars. Can you spot the most expensive ones from New York’s recent auction week? By Zachary Small and Josephine Sedgwick ...