Let HBO's 'Painting With John' Gouache Over You
Watching musician/actor John Lurie paint and grumbly pontificate in an unnamed tropical locale is sometimes puzzling, often intriguing and always soothing.
Fine Art
Museums Get Virtual Help To Have Artwork Delivered During The Pandemic
There's a web of people working behind the scenes to get artwork from its owner to a museum for a show. That web has been torn during the pandemic but it's still functioning with a kind of robot.
Emma Amos Died Just Before Her Retrospective But Her Art Is Alive As Ever
For six decades Amos explored race and gender in prints, paintings and fabrics. She died at 83 from complications of Alzheimer's but she knew that the Georgia Museum of Art show was in the works.
'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists
A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.
These Artists Will Change Your Mind About Winter
If you'd prefer to experience the charms of winter from a safe (and warm) distance, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has some beautiful snowy scenes for you to admire.
The Art Of An Uprising: Paint And Plywood Memorialize George Floyd
Artists inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement have created images that have lasted even as protests have faded. Who are they? And how will this iconic art be preserved?
Painting In Brussels Government Building Is By Flemish Master Jordaens
A painting depicting baby Jesus and his family hung in the building for decades. Everyone thought it was a copy of work by master painter Jacob Jordaens. Experts say it's the real deal.
'The Three Greats' Of Mexican Modernism Fought Tyranny With Art
Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros — Los Tres Grandes — are the focus of an exhibition at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas.
British Artist Sacha Jafri Creates Record-Setting Oil Painting
Sacha Jafri took over the ballroom of a hotel in Dubai to produce the largest painting ever created on canvas. The work "The Journey of Humanity" will be auctioned off to raise millions for charity.
Uproar Follows Museum's Plan To Make Changes Regarding Diversity, Equity
The Baltimore Museum of Art's plan to sell three pieces of art to fundamentally alter its diversity drew so much criticism it had to be canceled.