Articles about specific artists

Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin – Pioneer of Minimalism Through Light

American minimalist artist Dan Flavin dedicated most of his artistic career to pursuing the…

Miwa Yanagi, Erendira, 2004

Narrated By Contemporary Art: The Darkness Of The Fairytale Reimagined

Often gruesome in their original versions, fairy tales have an inherently dark side, which has been…

African Diaspora. Jacob Lawrence, Panel 60: And the Migrants Kept Coming.

A Short History Of the African Diaspora Through the Eyes of Its Visual Artists

Throughout history, African American artists have been narrating the implications and social…

mirror art. Babel Tower, Iran

Top 10 Mirror Art Artists

Mirror art harnesses reflection to craft narratives around our perceptions of ourselves and our…

Art Media: What Happens When Artists Experiment with Unusual Materials

What happens when artists experiment with usual art media? Check out ten examples of unusual…

Clementine Hunter, Funeral at St Augustine, early 1970s

Art Beyond Boundaries. The Raw Appeal of Outsider Art

What is Outsider Art? We look at the history of this whimsical and peculiar genre, with some of the…

appropriation art Jewish Jackie Deborah Kass

Appropriation! When Art Inspires Other Art

Appropriation art has been around for centuries, though the rise of consumerism led to a newfound…

Melvin Smith, Combs Family, 2013, cover

Remembering Rondo, The Twin Cities’ Razed African-American Neighborhood

Visit Rondo, the Twin Cities' once flourishing cultural center of its African-American community…

Joan Semmel - Centered - 2002

The Artist Self Portrait. 9 Famous Artists Exploring the Genre

Wherever the motivation may derive, artists across time and geography have experimented with self…

Yayoi Kusama infinity room

Female Iconoclasts: Yayoi Kusama

Take a glance at the life and work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, the 'Princess of Polka Dots',…

Constantin Brancusi in his studio

Constantin Brancusi: A New Kind Of Form

With his radically reductive, non-representational sculptures, Brancusi was one of the pioneers of…

Annie Mae Young - Work Clothes Quilt With Center Medallion Of Strips - 1976

The Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers: Art with Folk Traditions

Gee's Bend Quilts are unlikely modernist works of abstraction, created through folk traditions…