As we take in what seems to be a golden age of documentaries focusing on a wide array of subjects, filmmakers chronicling the works of visual artists have an especially difficult task at hand. Some, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re of a certain age, the mere mention of the name M.C. Escher can nudge you into a heady swirl of nostalgia. Robin Lutz’s ...

“M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity” succeeds where so many documentaries about artists fail: It provides real insight into the art. It’s a welcome trip for those fascinated by his iconic, mind-bending ...

M.C. Escher — he of never-ending stairwells, fish morphing into flowers, hands drawing one another, expert use of glass globes, and math-minded imagineer of infinite nesting universes — is an iconic ...

A topsy-turvy staircase leading nowhere. Two hands drawing themselves into existence. Interlocking birds that morph into fish, and back again. Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher’s ...

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 ...