Articles about specific artists
Dan Flavin – Pioneer of Minimalism Through Light
24. July 2020
American minimalist artist Dan Flavin dedicated most of his artistic career to pursuing the…
Narrated By Contemporary Art: The Darkness Of The Fairytale Reimagined
24. July 2020
Often gruesome in their original versions, fairy tales have an inherently dark side, which has been…
A Short History Of the African Diaspora Through the Eyes of Its Visual Artists
10. July 2020
Throughout history, African American artists have been narrating the implications and social…
Top 10 Mirror Art Artists
10. July 2020
Mirror art harnesses reflection to craft narratives around our perceptions of ourselves and our…
Art Media: What Happens When Artists Experiment with Unusual Materials
26. June 2020
What happens when artists experiment with usual art media? Check out ten examples of unusual…
Art Beyond Boundaries. The Raw Appeal of Outsider Art
19. June 2020
What is Outsider Art? We look at the history of this whimsical and peculiar genre, with some of the…
Appropriation! When Art Inspires Other Art
5. June 2020
Appropriation art has been around for centuries, though the rise of consumerism led to a newfound…
Remembering Rondo, The Twin Cities’ Razed African-American Neighborhood
5. June 2020
Visit Rondo, the Twin Cities' once flourishing cultural center of its African-American community…
The Artist Self Portrait. 9 Famous Artists Exploring the Genre
29. May 2020
Wherever the motivation may derive, artists across time and geography have experimented with self…
Female Iconoclasts: Yayoi Kusama
29. May 2020
Take a glance at the life and work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, the 'Princess of Polka Dots',…
Constantin Brancusi: A New Kind Of Form
7. May 2020
With his radically reductive, non-representational sculptures, Brancusi was one of the pioneers of…
The Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers: Art with Folk Traditions
1. May 2020
Gee's Bend Quilts are unlikely modernist works of abstraction, created through folk traditions…