WORCESTER — Worcester-born artist, John Adams Griefen, 83, a "color field pioneer" who made important contributions to abstract art and whose ever-evolving works are in collections around the world, ...

Years before Jackson Pollock was immortalized in the pages of Life magazine—cigarette dangling from his mouth, flinging paint across a canvas on his studio floor—Janet Sobel created her own unique ...

The pale, porcelain skin of Ayako Rokkaku’s petite hands brightens the navy blue ceramic tea cup held in her palms. For nearly two decades, the artist has used her hands instead of brushes, dipping ...

In the 1950s, Jonah Kinigstein was on the verge of making it big in New York's art world. He won a Fulbright to Rome. His paintings got into the Whitney Museum's annual show of contemporary art (the ...

Miyoko Ito survived an earthquake, incarceration and illness. Her transporting paintings defied ideas about abstract art. By the time she painted this mysterious work in 1975, Miyoko Ito — the Chicago ...

Pioneering abstract artist Sam Gilliam, known for using unstretched canvases to create paintings and sculpture, died on June 25 at age 88. The galleries representing his work, David Kordansky and Pace ...

The longest-running independent art fair in the city is scheduled to take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center's West Hall on Jan. 7-11, 2026, under the direction of Kassandra Voyagis.

After a derailed career, Ms. Drexler became a “hermit” painter on an island. Decades later, piqued public interest can earn her work seven figures. By Ted Loos This article is part of our Fine Arts & ...

In December, a beloved 20th-century artist will finally get his due when a lot of 55 paintings by Congo the chimpanzee goes on exhibit at the Mayor Gallery in London. The paintings are owned by ...

It is noon on a Tuesday, and I am sitting in a cocktail bar. But instead of a Negroni on my table, there is a VR headset. The reason for this anomaly dates back to 1915, when the Swedish artist Hilma ...

It is no secret that racism exists in all areas of the art world. In its museums, history, schools, education, and among its artists. The world of art is a primarily white space that, in most cases, ...