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.

Japanese design studio Nendo has brought MC Escher’s optical illusions to life at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, reimagining the Dutch artist’s work as a series of immersive ...

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.

M.C. Escher, "Three Worlds," 1955. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) ... MFA curator and new Escher convert Baer hopes this show helps reveal there's much more to this artist than meets the eye.

From the famous artist M.C. Escher to Magic Eye posters, here are some of the most famous optical illusions.

Title: MC Escher eye drawing Image by Angie from London | in art & design, 2d, drawing. User rating. 2.44 out of 5. A drawing of the image above of MC Escher's eye. Created using pencil.

As “M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity” reveals, the answer is yes. Escher’s work meshed, to an uncanny degree, with the trippy aesthetics of the counterculture, as much as “The Lord of the ...

M.C. Escher became a cultural touchstone during the social upheaval of the 1960s, ... but what somehow looks correct to the eye also appears to be physically impossible. In “Day and Night” ...

Filling 4,350 square feet of gallery space, the exhibition features many of Mauritis Cornelius Escher's best-known works, including his final masterpiece, "Ringsnakes" (1969), a chain of linked ...