It’s not typical to encounter in a contemporary art gallery the degree of dreamy, virtuoso beauty seen in British artist Stephen Thorpe’s paintings, which feel more like historic work you’d see in ...

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, “Orestes Pursued by the Furies” (1862) oil on canvas, 91 x 109 5/8 (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) MILWAUKEE — Being surrounded by the fin-de-siècle paintings ...

If artist Marilyn Minter could bottle up her heady mix of glamour and grime, Eros and excess, there’s no doubt it’d be a best-selling potion. For now, her fans will have to settle for the fully ...

“I see paintings almost everywhere. Sometimes I’m just walking or watching television or watching a film when this idea appears randomly,” said artist Ian Mwesiga, on a call from his studio in Kampala ...

Seven large recent paintings by Mary Weatherford are marvelous excursions into territories of abstraction. Her work has been developing rapidly in the last several years, building complex momentum and ...

The good thing about the notoriety and success of John Currin, predicts a painter friend, is that it’ll spark a The good thing about the notoriety and success of John Currin, predicts a painter friend ...

Indigo, saturated eggplant, black, gray — the colors that dominate the show of R.H. Quaytman’s paintings at the Museum of Contemporary Art constitute what can only be called a twilight palette.

“..Todd is known for highly seductive paintings that incorporate passages of drawing, with layers of acrylic, marker pen and varnish... ” ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. London artist Angie Quick ...