Graffiti art has always, by its nature, been an outsider genre, not just in the literal sense of being created in the streets and alleyways of urban settings. Most often artists armed with spray cans,...
Most artists tend to think of themselves as time creators, meaning that they attempt to come up with an inventive idea or concept, and through various means or methods, they build, construct or simply...
In the mid- to late 1970s, some in the artist world theorized that modernism was finished. It had achieved all its goals, and had now become the very thing it had fought against, namely the academy....
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is often given the lion’s share of the credit for inventing one of modernism’s most celebrated movements: namely cubism. But Picasso did not work alone. He collaborated with...
Few contemporary exhibitions have had the influence or attracted more ire from art critics throughout the years as the Whitney Biennial. In the past, it has thrown together emerging artists with...
There is something about the very small but stunning oeuvre of 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) that has for several decades captivated and inspired both the public and those in...
Few artists have so thoroughly and utterly blurred the lines of high art (what you might find in an art gallery or museum) and low art (what you might find in a comic book, newspaper or magazine) as...
I met John Updike (1932-2009), the great novelist and man of letters, only once. It was at the press preview for the Edward Hopper retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art in the mid-1990s. While...
Acrylic paint has always been attractive to a variety of different artists for its versatility and quick drying time. Recently, Holbein introduced a new line of acrylic paint, Holbein Heavy Body...
In Pop Manga: How to Draw the Coolest, Cutest Characters, Animals, Mascots and More, Canadian artist Camilla d’Errico (with the help of writer Stephen W. Martin) reveals many of the techniques she...
