The holiday season is upon us and that means it’s time for Secret Santa gift ideas! If you’re not familiar with the concept, Secret Santa is where a group of people draw names from a hat and then secretly buy a present for the person whose name they drew. It’s […]
Going Beyond Best Intentions: How to Paint Outdoors Responsibly by Bob Bahr
Going Beyond Best Intentions: How to Paint Outdoors Responsiblyby Bob Bahr Jessica L. Bryant Painting on the Salmon River We’re the good guys, right? We go out into nature, sometimes lugging our painting equipment into the backcountry, to paint scenes people may never witness in person. We bring the […]
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (8 May 1850 – 13 November 1899) was a major Brazilian painter whose works became a source of inspiration for subsequent modernists. As a painter, he defied the popular traditions of his contemporaries and carved a new niche for himself. At a time when his fellow painters […]
Daily Campello Art News: Art Basel Miami Beach week: VIP Preview
Today is the VIP preview for Art Miami and is co-joined sister fair, Context Art Miami. The day starts around 9AM with last minute hanging, re-hanging and labeling… most of the work has been already hung by the crew who arrived here on Sunday, but there’s still a lot of […]
What’s an Amateur, Anyway? : Open Space
Eds note: The prose in this post was written by Creative Growth Poet-in-Residence Lorraine Lupo Heather Edgar, Untitled, 18″x24″ acrylic on paper I like to proselytize to any non-poet who will listen. My speeches go something like this: You don’t have to understand every poem that you read, and you […]
40th Annual Art Competition: Meet the Jurors
Share: This year, the Artists Magazine’s Annual Art Competition turns 40 years old. Just to give that anniversary a bit of context, here are a few other things that were first introduced to the world in 1983: The video game, Mario Bros., was first released as a Nintendo arcade game […]
Monsters and Death Masks: A Haunting History of Spooky Art
From true crime to haunted houses to the endless dramatization of serial killers, people enjoy feeling scared (at least on their own terms), a creepy fascination that extends to spooky art. And with Halloween right around the corner, the evidence of our collective love for exploring emotional limits abounds. Horror […]
Anthony McCall makes air visible
While air is often invisible and elusive, Anthony McCall’s light installation Crossing 2016 draws viewers’ attention to the volume of air held within a space. This dramatic ‘solid light’ sculpture makes air visible through shafts of light intersecting with smoke haze. Those entering McCall’s expansive light installation at the Gallery […]
Do You Stretch and Squeeze?
Artists who work from observation have a basic desire to make something look “right”, which means accurately capturing the true shapes and colors of our subject. However, we may also have other competing desires: The desire to complete an artwork quickly. The desire to be right. The desire to be […]
Jackson’s Painting Prize 2023 Announced
We’re delighted to announce that submissions for Jackson’s Painting Prize 2023 are now open. With an impressive expert judging panel, two London exhibitions, a first prize of £6000 + £1000 Jackson’s art materials, plus 15 other awards, we’re ready for our biggest year yet. The competition started in 2016 and […]