Observer
  • Business
  • Art
  • Lifestyle
  • Culture
Newsletters
  • Business
    • Finance
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Policy
    • Wealth
    • Insights
    • Interviews
  • Arts
    • Art Fairs
    • Art Market
    • Art Reviews
    • Auctions
    • Galleries
    • Museums
    • Interviews
  • Culture
    • Theater
    • Opera
    • Dance
    • Film
    • Interviews
  • Lifestyle
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Style
    • Travel
    • Gift Guides
    • Interviews
  • Power Index
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Business of Art
    • A.I.
    • PR
  • About
    • About Observer
    • Advertise With Us
    • Reprints
Newsletters
A black and white headshot of a dark-haired woman wearing glasses

Dian Parker

Dian Parker writes for Observer, Artnet, Art & Object, Art & Antiques and other arts publications.

  • @dian9parker
  • Dian Parker
  • @dian_parker_writer
A gestural painting by Tracey Emin depicts a reclining nude female figure drawn in sparse black and blue lines, partially obscured by translucent green and gray brushwork.

At the Yale Center for British Art, Tracey Emin’s Brutally Intimate Works Demand a Reckoning

By Dian Parker
A black-and-white portrait of a heavily tattooed shirtless man with a bald head and intense stare, photographed by Diane Arbus at a fairground or carnival.

The Generosity of Diane Arbus’ Unsentimental Lens in L.A. and N.Y.

By Dian Parker
A portrait of a man with long curling hair done in the Dutch Master style

The Goldfinch and the Dutch Golden Age: Remembering Carel Fabritius

By Dian Parker
A portrait of a bearded man in a dark blue uniform with brass buttons and a cap labeled “POSTES” shows him sitting in a wooden chair with one hand resting on a green table.

Van Gogh’s Final Years Come to Life in ‘The Roulin Family Portraits’

By Dian Parker
A group of four older women dressed in pale, flowing clothing sit side by side in a dim, cool-toned room, their hands resting in their laps and faces turned slightly toward one another.

A Consideration of Time: Celia Paul’s Monograph and Memory

By Dian Parker
A large, colorful abstract painting with heavy red, yellow and blue brushstrokes is displayed on a rolling lift table in a paint-splattered artist’s studio surrounded by worktables, buckets, and tools.

Painter Catherine Goodman On Abstract Palimpsests and Other Realms of Consciousness

By Dian Parker
A single large rectangular painting in a gallery shows swirling white lines over a dark gray surface, evoking a sense of movement similar to rain or wind.

Cy Twombly’s Decades of Poetry and Play Captivate at Gagosian

By Dian Parker
Collage of Various Art Books: A tilted collage of several art book covers, including "Van Gogh Self-Portraits," "Philip Guston," "Elaine de Kooning," and "The Work of Art," overlapping at different angles.

Commonalities: A Look at Shared Themes in the Best Books About the Making of Art

By Dian Parker
A book cover for The Caravaggio Syndrome, a novel by Alessandro Giardino, showing a woman with her eyes closed resting her head against a suspended, lifeless arm, with the title and author’s name in bold serif font on a maroon background and a large Baroque painting of a chaotic scene featuring the martyrdom of Saint Matthew, where an angel descends above a group of struggling figures, with a woman and child watching from above.

How Alessandro Giardino Found His First Novel in Caravaggio’s ‘The Seven Acts of Mercy’

By Dian Parker
A woman with slicked back blonde hair kisses a sweater-wearing man on the cheek as he gazes into the camera

Curator Hilton Als and the Language of Silence

By Dian Parker
A reclining nude figure painted in pink on a blue and white checkered surface, with a yellow and red abstract element in the background.

Experiencing Matisse’s Joie de Vivre at Fondation Beyeler

By Dian Parker
More
  • ARTS
    • Art Fairs
    • Art Market
    • Art Reviews
    • Auctions
    • Galleries
    • Museums
  • BUSINESS
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Media
    • Policy
    • Technology
    • Climate
  • CULTURE
    • Books
    • Dance
    • Film
    • Opera
    • Theater
  • LIFESTYLE
    • Autos
    • Hotels
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Restaurants
    • Style
    • Travel
  • WEALTH
    • Billionaires
    • Parties
    • Philanthropy
    • Real Estate
  • EXPERT INSIGHTS
    • A.I. Experts
    • Art Market Experts
    • Climate Experts
    • Finance Experts
  • POWER LISTS
    • PR Power List
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Business of Art
    • A.I. Power List
  • INTERVIEWS
    • Art World
    • Business Leaders
    • Tastemakers
    • Entertainers
  • ABOUT
  • ADVERTISE
  • CONTACT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • RSS FEEDS
  • SITEMAP
  • TERMS
  • PRIVACY
  • REPRINTS
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Settings
  • Do not sell my data
Powered by WordPress VIP

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page
OSZAR »