With 100 Pounds of Blue Pigment, an Artist Conjures Spirits of the Past
The ghost of George Washington Carver hangs over the studio of Amanda Williams, where hues are inspired by the Alabama soil ...
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Aroostook artist’s broad brush strokes tell a northern Maine tale
LITTLETON, Maine — An Aroostook County artist has put in his woodshedding years, those so-called 10,000 hours of practice to ...
From Ajanta to abstraction
At Akar Prakar Gallery in Delhi, paintings of stylised Ajanta’s ancient frescoes—narratives of events from the lives of the ...
Trees in art, as well as life, often follow simple mathematical rules, study finds
Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.
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Landmark celebration of Philippine Abstraction at Leon Gallery
In a time where contemporary art often blurs the lines between disciplines, it is rare to witness a show that not only ...
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Sukanya Rajaratnam Explains How the Art World Rediscovered Lynne Drexler
When a large abstraction with a $60,000 high estimate sold for $1.2 million, the art world woke up and said “Who is Lynn ...
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Sparse Brushstrokes Give Rise to Thick Impasto in Jose Lerma’s Minimal Portraits
Both exaggerating and reducing features, Jose Lerma paints portraits in wide swaths of acrylic applied with brooms and ...
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How Women Artists Reclaim Power From Unease—See 5 Works From a New Show
"Uncanny" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts explores women's artwork that pairs the familiar and alien to ...