The artist opens a portal through which a viewer can observe the artist’s perspective of the world. The history of the discipline of mark making offers a multitude of perspectives from which all ...
The blockbuster Johannes Vermeer show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is continuing to teach us more about the the Dutch Golden Age master, with experts at the museum’s symposium in March presenting X ...
After two years of traveling, “Madame X” — the iconic 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent — has returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it’s the star of a new exhibit ,”Sargent and Paris,” ...
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the world’s oldest-known representational artwork: three wild pigs painted deep in a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi at least 45,500 ...
Van der Weyden’s depiction of Saint Luke is a meditation on attention as much as painting I often study the expression on the face of Saint Luke in this masterpiece by Rogier van der Weyden at ...
Daniel Douke, :Delacroix Study” (2012), acrylic and pencil on paper, 18 X 12 inches (image courtesy of the artist) I first wrote about Daniel Douke’s astonishingly meticulous replications of ordinary ...
Drawing groups help build community and explore new places, like at a recent Urban Sketchers KC event at Family Tree Nursery. Drawing is an an easy hobby that you can take with you anywhere in the ...
Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...