Having flown into Dulles Airport two times in my life, once at 9 years old, and once in my 30s, I can honestly say it is one of the most stunningly beautiful airports I’ve ever traveled through. ...
Read ArticleRaymond Pettibon’s influential body of work engages a wide spectrum of American iconography. Intermixing image and text, his drawings engage the visual rhetorics of popular and commercial cultur ...
Read ArticleAs an art historian, I tend to get a little giddy about details of works of art to which most people would not pay attention. Just as I got goosebumps when I saw the chisel marks in Michelangelo's (14 ...
Read ArticleLong before ceramic arts were recognized as fine art in the West, the art form was revered as a priceless national treasure in Japan. Contemporary artists like Kunio Watanabe continue to build on the ...
Read ArticleNational Hamburger day – origin unknown – has been celebrated since 2010 as a tribute to the beginning of summer. Who better to make fine art out of a hamburger than Pop artist Claes Olden ...
Read ArticleHenri Gaudier-Bzeska was an early abstract sculptor who leaned in the direction of Neo-Primitivism, a style so named for the non-Western cultures that influenced Western artists. National Walking Day ...
Read ArticleAlthough the origin of Let’s Laugh Day is unknown, it has been celebrated since 2019 as a way of stressing “laughter is the best medicine.” The national day stresses the benefit of l ...
Read ArticleSelf-taught artists are often well into their middle age when they begin to take up their artistic practice. Having reached their middle years, many of them bring to their work valuable practical know ...
Read ArticleLike most Visionary artists, Ramírez’s works are combinations of fantasy, personal visions, and a obvious joy in either nature or our mutual humanity. In his highly detailed drawings, he ...
Read ArticleKenneth Cobonpue is a contemporary designer of furniture and other household forms who is dedicated to the use of natural and recycled materials, the natural materials often coming from his native ...
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