A Creative Pendular

A Creative Pendular

Nick Alm was told from an early age that he would become an artist, and after graduation from art school, he began to call himself an artist. He always had an interest in drawing; however, after a trip to  Gothenburg Art Museum, Nick’s attention focused on...

Movement With Sculptures

Movement With Sculptures

“I like sculptures that are aerial, elegant, and powerful. I like to experiment with engineering and push far away the laws of gravity.”

A Sacred and Meditative Space

A Sacred and Meditative Space

“I am not confident in calling myself an artist!” says Dariush Vaziri. “To me, an artist is someone who brings creativity and innovation to their work. While I may not see myself as particularly creative, I do see myself as an illustrator, struggling to capture...

Belonging, Home & Connection

Belonging, Home & Connection

Combining elements of neo-expressionism, graffiti and African art, Brittany’s a multidisciplinary artist that creates abstract images and figures of the Black diaspora, to celebrate, uplift, and communicate complex emotions of Blackness and its intersectionality....

Emotional Expressions

Emotional Expressions

Eanaj Janae is a self-taught artist originally from Southern California that uses her captivating art to spotlight the Black community's struggles and triumphs, including mental health challenges and the strength required to endure. Often incorporating color and...

Sculpting Emotion

Sculpting Emotion

“I had started making sculpture by the time I retired, but it still took years after I began to exhibit before I could admit to being an artist. It is truly never too late.”

Events & Exhibits

California Art Club’s 113th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

California Art Club’s 113th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

August 20–October 26, 2024 Hilbert Museum of California Art One of the oldest, largest, and most active professional arts organizations in the world, the California Art Club is dedicated to the advancement and appreciation of artwork created using time-honored...

Ulla von Brandenburg: In Dialogue

Ulla von Brandenburg: In Dialogue

September 4, 2024–July 6, 2025 The Bass Museum of Art Ulla von Brandenburg, the German-born artist based in Paris, engages with idiosyncratic moments and overlooked figures from the histories of art and culture. Her exhibitions and projects draw a wide range of...

The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020

The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020

November 9–March 23, 2025 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago The claim that painting is dead has been a common refrain among critics for decades. Nevertheless, artists have continuously pushed the medium forward. The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies,...

Sylvia Snowden: Painting Humanity

Sylvia Snowden: Painting Humanity

Coming of age during the civil rights movement during the 1960s in Washington D.C., Snowden relied on guidance from her Howard University teachers, who were distinguished African American artists and art historians, such as, James Porter, Lois Maillou Jones, James Well and David C. Driskell.

Vika Visual Arts Association to Host Group Exhibition

Vika Visual Arts Association to Host Group Exhibition

Washington, DC—Vika Visual Arts Association (VVAA) is pleased to announce a group exhibition, “Healing, Connection & Preservation,” the association’s inaugural art exhibition and the capstone event of its 2023 “Mind Your Art Business” artist development...

News

LGDR Gallery Splits After Less than Two Years

LGDR Gallery Splits After Less than Two Years

LGDR gallery, formed by four art dealers to counter the rise of mega-galleries, is de-partnering after less than two years in business. One of the principals, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, confirmed that she is leaving the consortium whose name is based on the last names...

Feature Articles

Haute Season

Haute Season

This would soon expand to clothing and along the way, Chanel would invent pieces that are still coveted today including the collarless Chanel jacket, the quilted purse and the little black dress.

How Music and Punk Art formed its own Subculture of Art

How Music and Punk Art formed its own Subculture of Art

Punk emerged as a subculture in a variety of locations around the globe in the late 1960s. Inluded was a wide variety of ideologies, fashions, and other expressions in the punk subculture, such as visual arts, dances, literature, and films. However, punk music was...

Music & Books

The Cold Millions

The Cold Millions

By Jess Walter Jess Walter's The Cold Millions centers around 16-year-old Rye Dolan and his 23-year-old brother Gig. The pair have spent months tooling around the western United States, working odd jobs and hopping rails as it suits them. As the book opens, they've...

Grateful Dead – Amеriсаn Bеаutу

Grateful Dead – Amеriсаn Bеаutу

On November 1, 1970, thе Grateful Dеаd rеlеаѕеd what wоuld bесоmе thеir crowning асhiеvеmеnt – thеir fifth ѕtudiо аlbum, Amеriсаn Bеаutу. Hоt оn thе hееlѕ оf Wоrkingmаn’ѕ Dead, the band leaned tоwаrdѕ fоlk rock аnd Amеriсаnа for these twо records inѕtеаd оf thе uѕuаl...

Movement With Sculptures

Movement With Sculptures

“I like sculptures that are aerial, elegant, and powerful. I like to experiment with engineering and push far away the laws of gravity.”

Emotional Expressions

Emotional Expressions

Eanaj Janae is a self-taught artist originally from Southern California that uses her captivating art to spotlight the Black community's struggles and triumphs, including mental health challenges and the strength required to endure. Often incorporating color and...

Belonging, Home & Connection

Belonging, Home & Connection

Combining elements of neo-expressionism, graffiti and African art, Brittany’s a multidisciplinary artist that creates abstract images and figures of the Black diaspora, to celebrate, uplift, and communicate complex emotions of Blackness and its intersectionality....

Marrying Art, Culture & Religion

Marrying Art, Culture & Religion

With my art, I want my adoration of my culture and faith to bleed through the paints onto the canvas. I want the impact of the beliefs I hold to be seen with every brush stroke and every color. The importance of family, love, values, community, and perspective.”