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The art of portraiture: painting a Sargent-inspired piece with technique and thoughts

Analyzing a portrait painting in the spirit of John Singer Sargent, this video demonstrates how careful planning supports expressive freedom. The focus remains on tonal structure and edge variation.
WGCU Public Media

Once known as the 'Baroness with a Brush,' Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka was a marketer on par with Dali, Picasso and Warhol

Baker Museum Chief Curator Courtney McNeil says that the Tamara de Lempicka retrospective is more than an exhibition of her Art Deco art. “It's also a fascinating story about Tamara herself as a ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: “Sons of Echo” is a Masterful Exploration of the Men Behind the Bravura

Dancers spread out in various warm-up attire go through a traditional barre. Some balance, some stretch, some just check in ...

SPAC kicks off 60th season with archive-inspired art

The artwork, which will adorn programs and more throughout SPAC’s campus, marks the first public element of SPAC’s 60th anniversary celebration.

Is the Klismos Chair the Most Ancient Piece of Furniture Still in Rotation?

He was contemplating the klismos, a sculptural chair with a curved backrest, woven seat, and tapered saber legs that swoop ...
War on the Rocks

Decline of Operational Art: The Story of A Strategic China Wargame

Planners today struggle to properly apply operational art in large scale war — and they don’t fully realize why. It takes something like firsthand experience in a strategic level wargame against a ...
ABC News

Brazil art heist: 8 Henri Matisse artworks among 13 pieces stolen in armed robbery

The works were stolen from the Mario de Andrade Library in São Paulo. A brazen art heist from a library in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday has left 13 artworks missing, including eight engravings by ...
AOL

The Women Painters Redefining a Classical Art for the Digital Age

A few years ago, during a moment of extraordinary political uncertainty and collective mourning, I had a conversation with an artist known largely for digital and multimedia work. They told me that ...
PBS

This Oregon artist became an icon through intuition, classical training and Native wisdom

Rick Bartow went from a small town Oregon kid to having his art work in over 100 museums. Rick Bartow went from a small-town Oregon kid to having his artwork featured in over 100 museums across the ...
Reuters

The 2025 Classical Chinese Poetry Contest — Set to Premiere in Europe — Will Bring the Art of Poetic China to Audiences Across the Continent

BEIJING, China, November 28, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- Poetry is the language of the soul and a bridge across cultures. A co-production of China Media Group, the Ministry of Education of China, and the ...
Booth School of Business

The Surreal Economics of the Contemporary-Art Market

A conceptual artwork titled “Comedian” sold at auction last November for just over $6 million. The piece consisted of a banana duct-taped to the wall, along with installation instructions and a ...
the Berkshire Edge

BITS & BYTES: Harvest & Rust at The Colonial; Indian Classical Music at Racebrook Lodge; Maddie Wiener at MASS MoCA; Berkshire Art Association seeks donations; Berkshire South ...

Harvest & Rust: A Neil Young Experience. Photo by Rick Pauline. Courtesy Berkshire Theatre Group. Berkshire Theatre Group presents Harvest & Rust: A Neil Young Experience to celebrate Neil Young’s ...