A new retrospective of M.C. Escher’s work opens this week. Explore some of his most mind-bending, mathematically inspired works.

M.C. Escher (1898–1972), an artist of enigmas, has this larger enigma about him: He is inexplicably overrated or inexplicably underappreciated, depending on how you look at him. Like one of his ...

Here’s a show that’s certain to give Brooklyn some perspective: A massive exhibition of the mathematically infused artworks of M.C. Escher (1898–1972) is coming to the borough in June. “Escher. The ...

Before the famous optical illusions and infinite worlds, there were humble tools and a very patient hand. This summer, ...

On the printed page of an art book or magazine, Escher’s work acquires a hard, mechanical coldness that exaggerates certain tendencies in his work, principally his overpowering search for visual order ...

The late Dutch artist M.C. Escher is perhaps best known for his tessellations that fool the eye, like “Sky and Water I,” where birds in the air trade off negative space with fish underwater. But there ...

When we spoke with Nasher Museum of Art director Sarah Schroth for the museum’s 10th anniversary, she noted that, while she loves contemporary art, it doesn’t speak to everyone. That’s one reason she ...

The M.C. Escher Exhibition opened in accordance with the MOA's monthly 'Art After Dark' event on Friday, Nov. 17. MOA marketing and public relations manager Kylie Brooks said shows are usually up for ...

Water pours over a ledge before appearing to flow back to the same ledge it just fell over. Graphic artist M.C. Escher creates this image in his popular 1961 piece "Waterfall," one of more than 150 of ...

The optical illusions of the Dutch printmaker M.C. Escher (1898-1972) began finding mass appeal in the 1960s when they won a die-hard following among everyone from Mick Jagger, who had hopes of ...