Edvard Munch, “Angry Dog” (ca 1938–43), watercolor, one of many images generated by Edvard Munch of a neighbor’s dog with whom he had a contentious relationship (all images courtesy of the Munch ...

Standing in a gallery full of her astoundingly realistic pencil drawings featuring nothing but the rippling waters of the Pacific Ocean, the American artist Vija Celmins announces: “There is no ocean ...