Art News

Percoco utilizes discarded materials and abandoned spaces in the built environment often regarded as worthless. But to her, it is precisely because these materials and places are overlooked that allow them to accumulate possibilities otherwise absent in traditional white box art.

Agnes Martin's minimal paintings reproduce terribly. Their magic does not come through in photos or videos. Guest host John Green discusses Martin's art anyway, how it brilliantly captures emotion itself, and why you should seek it out.

Host Jennifer Dasal explores the history behind The Discovery of Pompeii in this episode of A Little Curious.

Through textiles, drawings and comics, Jessica Campbell uses humor to shed light on her experiences and Emily Carr’s, both female artists striving to express themselves in a world dominated by male voices.

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announces today that its Board of Trustees recently approved the acquisition of 48 works of art, including four purchased using proceeds from the auction of recently deaccessioned works.

Completed in the late 16th century, The Tears of St. Peter immortalizes El Greco’s genius and serves as a reminder to all Christians that redemption is always achievable.

These eight inspirational artists have found the motivation to create, every day, year after year, into their eighth decade or further, and are still inventing new ways to see the world.

A 1969 painting from The Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square sparked a flurry of competitive bidding en route to claiming top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions’ Animation Art Auction Dec. 8-9 in Beverly Hills, California. With sell-through rates of 99.1 percent by value and 99.76 percent by lots sold, the sale totaled $1,956,296, making it Heritage Auctions’ most successful Heritage Auctions animation auction in the history of the company, and one of the biggest ever held.

Photographer Erik James Montgomery has a studio in a former fire station in the downtown area of what's often called America's most dangerous city, Camden, NJ. In addition to having a successful commercial and fine arts photography business, Montgomery has mentored at-risk youth for 30 years. He says the work saved him from his own self-destructive path. This is his inspiring story.

Opening at The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL on December 15, Magritte and Dali is a first-of-its-kind special exhibition dedicated to the world’s two most celebrated surrealists, Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali.