The Canon · 01

The Giants

The artists who changed the grammar of art. Ten different answers to one question: what can art do?

01Andy WarholThe artist who saw that art had entered the age of pop culture.02CaravaggioLight, violence and ordinary people.03Henri MatisseColour becomes freedom.04Jackson PollockPainting becomes action.05Leonardo Da VinciThe genius of seeing.06Marcel DuchampThe idea becomes the artwork.07MichelangeloThe body becomes destiny.08Pablo PicassoThe artist who kept breaking the rules.09RembrandtThe face as autobiography.10Vincent Van GoghColour becomes emotion.