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A painting of five formally dressed individuals, three men and two women, seated on mismatched chairs in close proximity, facing different directions with blank or tense expressions, against a flat, dark blue background and white floor.

One Fine Show: “Wayne Thiebaud, Art Comes from Art” at the Legion of Honor

The late painter’s figures are stiff, strange and quietly psychedelic.
By Dan Duray
A portrait of a man with long curling hair done in the Dutch Master style

The Goldfinch and the Dutch Golden Age: Remembering Carel Fabritius

You can see Fabritius’ hallmarks in Vermeer’s work: the crumbling plaster, the light and shadow, the startling compositions, the intimacy of scene and his view of Delft.
By Dian Parker
An artist wearing a matching striped top and pants stands in front of a large black-and-white photographic mural showing people on motorcycles and pedestrians in an urban street scene.

Closing Soon: Alioune Diagne’s Paintings Embracing the African Dream at Templon

For his debut show in New York, the Senegal-based artist delves more deeply into his exploration of cultural parallels.
By Mána Taylor
A man in a black t-shirt and jeans sits in front of large panel paintings featuring symbols from many sources

Mysticism and Mark-Making: Artist Philip Smith On Channeling the Sacred in the Static

By Christa Terry
A portrait of a bearded man in a dark blue uniform with brass buttons and a cap labeled “POSTES” shows him sitting in a wooden chair with one hand resting on a green table.

Van Gogh’s Final Years Come to Life in ‘The Roulin Family Portraits’

By Dian Parker
An installation view of multiple painted portraits, displayed in uniform rows on white walls in a contemporary gallery, showing solemn, closely cropped faces of men and women.

From the White House to Your House: An Insider’s Guide to Commissioned Portraiture

By Daniel Grant
A painting of a woman's partially reclined torso and legs, shown in pale tones with black lace-patterned stockings and dark bands, set against a smooth gray background and cropped closely to emphasize stylized curves and symmetry.

One Fine Show: ‘Christina Ramberg, A Retrospective’ at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
A painting by Tamara de Lempicka titled Portrait of Ira P. (1930), showing a stylized woman with pale skin and dark curled hair, seated in a white dress with red fabric draped over her arms, holding a bouquet of white calla lilies against a background of geometric shapes and deep shadows.

One Fine Show: ‘Tamara de Lempicka’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

By Dan Duray
Four colorful abstract paintings hang in a row on a white gallery wall, each featuring layered, gestural marks in vibrant reds, oranges, yellows, and blues.

In Sydney, Julie Mehretu Challenges Our Engagement With Conflict and Devastation

By Nathan Smith
A woman stands in front of a large, wall-sized abstract painting by Cecily Brown composed of vivid swirling colors—primarily red, yellow, and black—with distorted, semi-figurative human and animal forms, inside a contemporary art gallery with wooden floors and white walls.

One Fine Show: ‘Cecily Brown, Themes and Variations’ at the Barnes Foundation

By Dan Duray
A white cube gallery's space with abstract paintings reminding glacial landscapes.

At Pace, Kylie Manning Wields Paint as an Alchemical Tool

By Elisa Carollo
Two bodies hanging in a tree

Shana Hoehn Explores the Uncanny Dichotomy Between Suffocation and Shelter in L.A.

By Elisa Carollo
A large, colorful abstract painting with heavy red, yellow and blue brushstrokes is displayed on a rolling lift table in a paint-splattered artist’s studio surrounded by worktables, buckets, and tools.

Painter Catherine Goodman On Abstract Palimpsests and Other Realms of Consciousness

By Dian Parker
A woman in a blue gown and headscarf looks directly at the viewer while seated, holding a musical instrument on her lap.

Our Top Ten Artemisia Gentileschi Paintings Ranked

By Mary Gregory
Abstract painting with cartoonish faces emerging from painting tides.

Cecily Brown On Revisiting History, Subverting the Gaze and Embracing the Accident

By Elisa Carollo
A painting by Gustave Caillebotte, The Bezique Game, depicts five men seated around a green card table in an elegant interior, their expressions focused as they play, while another man reclines on a couch in the background.

Masculinity, Impressionism and the Third Republic: The Getty Center Unpacks Gustave Caillebotte’s World

By Jordan Riefe
A painting features an abstracted cityscape with a towering black skyscraper accented by a striking yellow facade, set against a vibrant blue and green sky, executed in bold, gestural brushstrokes.

One Fine Show: ‘Martha Diamond, Deep Time’ at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

By Dan Duray
A smiling black girl sitting in her studio in front of her painting.

In Lindsay Adams’ Abstract Worlds, Color, Rhythm and Intuition Converge

By Elisa Carollo
A woman with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a blue patterned shirt and a denim apron, sits on a stool in an art studio surrounded by her paintings, which depict glowing orange faces with dark backgrounds, conveying a sense of quiet focus.

Na Kim’s Hauntingly Luminous Portraits Are a Study in Subjectivity

By Christa Terry
A framed oil painting in the foreground depicts an older man with a fur hat, a pipe in his mouth, and a weathered face, standing near the sea with a ship's rigging visible, painted in a rough, expressive style with bold brushstrokes and a muted color palette. A smaller, more refined framed painting in the bottom right corner portrays a similar older man with a fur hat and a pipe, sitting against a neutral background, holding what appears to be a fishing net or rope, painted in a smoother, more detailed style with a realistic rendering of facial features and clothing.

‘Elimar,’ Van Gogh’s Translations and the Persistent Myth of the Multi-Million-Dollar Garage Sale Find

By Christa Terry
Two visitors stand in front of a large framed painting from Picasso’s Blue Period, depicting melancholic figures in shades of blue, with a museum label on the right side of the frame.

One Fine Show: ‘Picasso and Paper’ at the Cleveland Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
Gallery Of Modern Art Exhibits David Lynch Retrospective "Between Two World"

Avant-Garde Filmmaker David Lynch Leaves Behind a Dual Legacy

By Christa Terry
A figurative painting of a courtyard with colorful clothes hanging on lines between wooden structures, set against a backdrop of red buildings and green foliage under a blue sky.

Rediscovering Southern Art From the First Half of the 20th Century at North Carolina’s Mint Museum

By Nadja Sayej
Portrait of a yound woman in her painting studio with a canavs behind.

How the Longing for Home and Nature Informed Cathleen Clarke’s Newest Works

By Elisa Carollo
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