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Wayne Thiebaud painting of several rows of different pie slices on white plates

Wayne Thiebaud Keeps Painting at 100

The great American artist Wayne Thiebaud turns 100 on Sunday, and he seems unfazed.

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Features

Dante and His Poem by Domenico di Michelino

Dante’s Divine Comedy and Its Influence on Art History

Jon Ching, Cache, 2020. Oil on wood, 24 x 18 inches.

Artivism: Making a Difference Through Art

"Cliffside Portal," by Jeremiah Jossim. Painting—Oil on Canvas. 15" x 15". $500.

SCAD Hosting Virtual Open Studio Sale

Zoua Vang Lor, Story Cloth, 1985-89.

Folk Art Tells Stories of Struggles

slave ship

Artists vs Art Critics: A Combative Yet Symbiotic Relationship

Fair

Visitors at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021

Art Basel's First In-Person Show Since 2019 Closes in Success

Desert X Spotlights Social Issues as Saudi Scandal Still Looms

Outsider Art Fair Model Offers Glimpse of Post-Covid Art World

Renaissance

Hubert Robert Young Artists in Studio Detail

Making Prints and Drawings

Get to Know Raphael in 7 Artworks

Hieronymus Bosch's 'Christ Mocked' in 10 minutes

Painting

Joan Mitchell, Bonjour Julie, 1971. Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art.

The Long-Awaited Joan Mitchell Retrospective & Why it Matters

Judith Beheading Holofernes in 6 Artist Renderings

Rosy Keyser on Sound, Collaboration, and “Arp 273”

Museum

Mlle Pogany in gallery

The Calming Effect—and Global Influences—of Brancusi’s "Mlle Pogany"

Why is there a Kitchen in MoMA's Galleries?

Monumental Vermont Sculpture Park Reopens to the Public

Ancient

Collection 21 Late Roman and Early Byzantine Glass Vessels, Eastern Mediterranean Region. Starting Price € 15,000. Courtesy of Hermann Historica..

The Premium Lots in the 88th Auction of Hermann Historica GmbH

Ancient Art Returns to Public View in Rome

Officials Seize 27,000 Artifacts Looted by French Metal Detectorist

Design

a bed or sitting area designed to resemble a boxing ring. With pillows in four corners and the ropes, lights and elevated platform of a ring.

Memphis Milano X Anthony Vaccarello at Saint Laurent Rive Droite

Illustrating the Power of Emoji

A New Airport Art Installation Takes Off

Asian

Installation View of Trace at L.A.’s Skirball Cultural Center. JORDAN RIEFE. featuring the artist's self-portrait

An Interview with Ai Weiwei on Jail Time, Activism, & “Trace”

Kintsugi Pottery Mending: Fragile Art for the Anxious Mind

Chinese Porcelain: $35 Yard Sale Purchase Goes For $721,800

Modern

Detail Lowry Rugby

Lowry’s Rare Rugby Painting is More Poignant Than Ever

An Unsettling Sculpture Dramatizing the Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Large Monet Water Lilies Sell For $70.4 Million

Auction

Fishing Scene next to cliff detail

Celebrating 200 years of Russian Pictures

Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason: Couple at the Centre of the American Art World

Cézanne's Radical Approach to the Still Life

Photography

Dawoud Bey, Three Women at a Parade, Harlem, NY, from Harlem, U.S.A., 1978. Gelatin silver print (printed 2019). 11 x 14 in. Frame: 16 3/8 x 20 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.

The Whitney Presents Dawoud Bey: An American Project

Reframed: Eadweard Muybridge's "Galloping Horse”

Pixy Liao: Your Gaze Belongs to Me at Fotografiska

Drawing

Bartholomeus Spranger, Saint Ursula, c. 1583. Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk with pink and teal watercolor washes in a Venetian ca. 1590 aedicule frame.

Rediscovered Drawing Unveiled at Christopher Bishop Fine Art

Kara Walker's Drawings at Kunstmuseum Basel

MoMA Curator Unpacks Why Kusama Started Making Polka Dots

Sculpture

Alison Saar, detail of Cotton Eater, edition 1/6, 2014. Woodcut on found sugar sack quilt. 72 x 34 in.

The Powerful Prints of Alison Saar Exhibit at Chazen Museum of Art

David Zwirner Presents Carol Bove: Chimes at Midnight

Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start

Antiques

exterior view of Carabinieri Art Squad Headquarters

Ancient Roman Statue Found in Antique Shop 10 Years After Theft

The History and Evolving Beauty of Chess Sets

Precious and Rare: Islamic Metalwork from The Courtauld

Contemporary

Loribelle Spirovski, War and Peace (Diptych), 2021. Oil, acrylic, and oil pastel on polyester.

HOFA Gallery Presents Loribelle Spirovski: Coronation

Christina Quarles On Her Paintings

Revisiting Figuration in Contemporary Art

Gallery

Detail of Gay Pride Madrid. Photo by Barcex of Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

7 Art Shows To Attend During Pride 2021

Epilogue: Michael West’s Monochrome Climax at Hollis Taggart

Izumi Kato’s Otherworldly Creatures & More Fantastical Shows