During the 1960s, many artists experimented with forms of art that transformed the space in which works of art are exhibited, through lighting, placement, and installation. In the 21st century, artist ...
Read ArticleScott Burton was an ingenious sculptor/furniture maker who established a unique body of work that functioned as both sculpture and furniture. Burton’s sculpture-installations often functioned as ...
Read ArticleKisses for National Kissing Day in a incredibly ingenious and unique work by the fabulous Conceptual artist Janine Antoni. Antoni is known for her unusual processes, using her body as both a tool and ...
Read ArticleAfter the dominance of classical revival mania in American art during the Revolution (1775-1783) and Federal periods, a softened, more dramatic realism emerged in the form of the Grand Manner Style. T ...
Read ArticleThe genre paintings of Eastman Johnson reveal the prevalence of an unvarnished realism in American art in the first half of the 1800s. His work mirrors the interest of another 1800s American realist W ...
Read ArticleMira Schendel was a painter, sculptor and poet. Her pensive, delicate works (particularly on paper), along with those of her contemporary Brazilian artists Lygia Clark (1920-1988) and Helio Oiticica ( ...
Read ArticleThis month let’s celebrate the achievements of Nam June Paik. He was a pioneer in the use of TVs, video, digital imaging, and computer programming in works of art. He is also famously known for ...
Read ArticleFamed crime scene photographer and artist Weegee was know not only for covering gruesome crime scenes in New York, but also for his carefully orchestrated scenes that evoked discomfort or pity by the ...
Read ArticleChristopher Wilmarth, in his tragically short life, was a Minimalist sculptor who created over 150 sculptures, most of them made of glass and steel. ...
Read ArticleViolet Oakley is one of the standout women artists of the American Renaissance. She can truly be called a “Renaissance Woman,” being accomplished in many different media, and working as a ...
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