In the 1950s, Jonah Kinigstein was on the verge of making it big in New York's art world. He won a Fulbright to Rome. His paintings got into the Whitney Museum's annual show of contemporary art (the ...

Sean Scully, "Heart of Darkness" (1982), oil on canvas, 8 x 12 feet. Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Society for Contemporary Art (image courtesy the Art Institute ...

A new exhibition at the Old Parcels Office in Scarborough brings together the work of 14 contemporary artists exploring the enduring power and relevance of figurative art.

Elmer Bischoff, “Motgomery Block” (1956-59), oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches (all images courtesy George Adams Gallery) The curator and art historian Susan Landauer met Elmer Bischoff in 1985, while she ...

Art Works, in Richmond's Old Manchester District, is showing "From the Vanishing Point (Two lines go their separate ways)" by Karen Kain. To create her abstract figurative forms, Kain paints from live ...

Nicolas Carone was driven to find suggestive narratives that embraced both the Italian tradition of figurative art and the innovations of American Abstract Expressionism. Carone’s intense early ...

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One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 6:13 Listen to the Story In the ...