The Simple Things

Wes Hempel has long been known for his elaborate, conceptual works that place male figures in art-historical settings, re-envisioning what the cannon of fine art might look like if homosexuality had been accepted and included.

A Fresh Take

Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, honors the still life genre in its upcoming group show Still Fresh.

Fervent Emblems

Growing up in Iowa, Kevin Sloan took the landscape of planted fields for granted.

Plein Air Celebration

Artists come together for an annual Plein Air Festival to revel in the beauty of the Florida landscape.

Deeper Meaning

A masterful grasp of the human form, alongside multi-layered metaphor, stunning composition and superb demonstrations of light and color—these are just a few of the elements that make up 33 Contemporary’s MASTERWORKS exhibition.

Breaking the Rules

In recent years, painter Ron Hicks has been looking at his work with a thoughtful eye. “What have I been hiding behind?” he asked himself.

ELEMENTAL VISIONS

Artist Michael Scott explores the mythology, symbolism and science of an existence born out of a chain of chemical— and alchemical—reactions.

Bizarre Beautiful

Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, founded in Australia in 2013, began curating exhibitions around the world in 2015.

Object Lessons

Still life painters have fascinating studios. Their subjects are their things, and their things are their subjects.

Painting Becomes Exciting Again

Gross McCleaf Gallery artist Elizabeth Geiger gets ready for her one-woman show Borrowed Rhythms, where she presents around 16 new paintings featuring still life subject matter.

Jeremy Lipking

A Contemporary Master of American Art

Awash in Color

Jones & Terwilliger Galleries are pairing two artists that take a dramatically different approach to the exploration of color in a joint show that opens at their Palm Desert, California, location on March 3.

CREATIVE Expression

Tula Telfair has a studio in Old Lyme, Connecticut, home to what the Hartford Courant called in 1907, “the most talked about art colony in America today.”

But Does It Spark Joy?

Taking a cue from the art market, more new design is being described as collectible. Some say that's not right for makers or the industry.

The Painter and His Court

Kehinde Wiley has gone from depicting power to building it.

The Female Gaze

When Jenna Gribbon met musician Mackenzie Scott, it changed the way she thought about painting and the possibilities for female portraiture.

An Exclusive Interview With Kathryn Jacobi

Sleepwalking Through the Apocalypse.

An Exclusive Interview With Guillermo Lorca

Guillermo Lorca García Huidobro is a well-renowned painter of classical oil. Early paintings have been successfully exposed and sold through important art exhibitions, including The Asprey Exhibition in London and the exhibition "The eternal life" in the most important museum in Chile.

Katja Nordmeyer – Cracks, Beauty, and Soul

Katja Nordmeyer's career initially took her into the fashion world, but her passion for painting never left her, and she always felt that painting was what she was destined to do.

Negar Jahanbakhsh – Human self-reflection

Negar Jahanbakhsh (b. 1986, Isfahan) is an internationally award-winning Iranian artist who exhibited her art in countless solo and group exhibitions around the globe, participated in auctions and was awarded prestigious prizes for her unique art.

An exclusive interview with Lucas Lamenha

"The following pieces are part of a new collection developed from universal pop culture references and bring new characters and elements created from memories and inspirations of my daily life and reflections."

In Conversation: John Waters and Jack Pierson

Cultural renegade John Waters and artist Jack Pierson on the new exhibition of art from Waters's private collection, his decision to give it all away, and why he'll always be drawn to work that makes people angry

It's a Bizarre World After All

A collective of artists got together to build otherworldly, immersive spaces. In the process, they invented something even wilder: meow wolf, a multimillion-dollar pillar of the experience economy that's now spreading its gonzo creativity across the country.

EDSON CAMPOS

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Edson Campos has enjoyed sketching and painting since childhood.

Erika Rifinius

PURE JOY. RELAXING EXPERIENCE.

EVENS ARCELIN

The genesis of all perfect order

ALFRED FREDDY KRUPA

Ink Art

CATY CUCALON

EMOTIONAL ENCOUNTER

BELA BALOG

Deconstructivism & Futurism

NATAŠA GREGORIČ NABHAS

Dialog with Monet