In Brief
The Hidden Secrets of Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks"
Advanced imaging techniques have revealed Leonardo's original design to be vastly different from the final product.
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The Repetitions and Surprising Connections Created by the Late Kevin Mullins
The retrospective at Wichita State University's Ulrich Museum of Art is full of the narrative clues the late artist left behind.
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Lorna Simpson Searches for Meaning in the Arctic Ice
Darkening, an exhibition of Lorna Simpson’s glacial paintings, submerges us in an icy desert largely devoid of language and far from human habitation.
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A Forgotten History of Dutch Women Artists, Remembered
A talk at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will discuss its only painting by an early modern Dutch woman, Margareta Haverman.
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Feeling Down? Here Are the Best Bob Ross Pep Talks
All 403 episodes of The Joy of Painting are on YouTube. Here are five of the most inspiring installments.
In Brief
Hilma af Klint Breaks Records at the Guggenheim Museum
The survey of the late Swedish abstract painter has drawn 600,000 visitors, increased museum memberships, and broke another record in catalogue sales.
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Two Artists Are Alla-bout Bob Ross, and a Forthcoming Book on His Painting Techniques
Two artists went on a journey towards Bob Ross, what they discovered were happy little accidents.
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Critics and Artists Debate the State of Painting Today
Three Cooper Union alumni and three critics, including Hyperallergic Weekend editor John Yau, "discuss the state and shape of contemporary painting."
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The Vivacious Presence of Parrots in Dutch Golden Age Painting
An art historian, and African Grey owner, delved into the avian symbolism in Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting at the National Gallery of Art.
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Sculptural Paintings Oozing with Color
Leslie Wayne's richly layered paintings remind us of the playfulness and emotional range to be found in abstraction.
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Landscape Art that Depicts More Than Nature
The artist’s depiction of landscape is a subjective experience of the outdoors, a cultural and psychological construct.
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The Mysterious Experiments of Hercules Segers, a 17th-Century Art Radical
The Mysterious Landscapes of Hercules Segers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the first major retrospective on the radically experimental 17th-century Dutch artist.