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Stories in Art that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
The Long and Colorful History of Persian Art. Top Story - September 2026.
A Colorful Existence Whether it’s the deep blue tiles on a tomb for poets, the intricate weaving and decoration on a bright red rug, or the flowing calligraphy inside a miniature Quran, Persian artistry never seizes to mystify and astound those who view them.
By Dean Traylor21 days ago in Art
John Saunders: Where Wild Horses Meet Memory. Top Story - September 2026.
By Brian D’Ambrosio The wild horses of Placitas do not need an introduction to John Saunders. They know the way. They wander near his home in the high desert, sometimes approaching close enough to eat apples and carrots from his hand. They are cautious but curious, animals shaped by instinct and survival, yet willing to accept a moment of care.
By Brian D'Ambrosio about a month ago in Art
Indigo Exhaustion & Blue Regret...💙💙💙💙. Top Story - August 2026.
A wonderful and thought-provoking 1985 oil and acrylic painting called Blue Monday , created by an uber-talented visual artist named Annie Lee, features a young African American woman sitting on the edge of her bed while trying to muster the energy to go to work on a Monday morning at a job that she does not enjoy. Hence, the woman in the painting is essentially fighting the "Monday Blues."
By Tiffany Gordon2 months ago in Art
Arty Farty – Are You Serious?. Top Story - August 2026.
I recently read an article discussing the ten most famous paintings in the world. It reminded me of a visit to an art gallery about twenty years ago. Don’t get the wrong idea here. I am not an arty person. I have a few original paintings in my house that I bought for the colours and the overall “likeness factor."
By Calvin London2 months ago in Art
One Work: Girl before a Mirror. Top Story - July 2026.
Like a 1960s version of Tom Sawyer, my big brother got me to purple-wash the beige walls of our parents’ former conjugal quarters. Our dad had moved out of the house and our mom had turned the den into her new bedroom.
By Marie Wilson3 months ago in Art
One Work: Autumn Rhythm (30). Top Story - July 2026.
I fucking love Jackson Pollock. I know he was a troubled man. Divisive. Controversial. Much like Bukowski. Even when I knew little to nothing about art, I loved the objective brilliance of Pollock blowing convention to fucking smithereens.
By Paul Stewart3 months ago in Art
One Work: Klimt. Top Story - July 2026.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold ) is an oil painting on canvas, with gold leaf, by Gustav Klimt, completed between 1903 and 1907. The portrait was commissioned by the sitter's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a Viennese and Jewish banker and sugar producer. The painting was stolen by the Nazis in 1941, and displayed at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. The portrait is the final and most fully representative work of Klimt's golden phase. It was the first of two depictions of Adele by Klimt—the second was completed in 1912; these were two of several works by the artist that the Bloch-Bauer family owned." Wikipedia
By Harper Lewis 3 months ago in Art
Nature in Art. Top Story - May 2026.
On Tuesday night, I was a little naughty. I indulged in culture, in a night supporting the arts. I should have been at a Parent Teacher Association meeting, discussing the raising of funds for the desperately needed school minibus but I eschewed this for a private invitation to a viewing of Darrell Warner's latest exhibition Crucifixion. Don't think too badly of me. In fact, let's move the focus from me and on to Darrell and his works.
By Rachel Deeming5 months ago in Art
Elderly Woman Behind the Table in a Large Town. Top Story - April 2026.
The glass of Absinthe sat before me. It’s quite amazing how despite such terror rendered upon their stones in the preceding decades, these streets still held the beauty I first read about as a girl. I never dreamed I’d set foot on these cobbles, at least not safely.
By Matthew J. Fromm6 months ago in Art
Where There's Art There's Heart. Top Story - February 2026.
Here's a stupid thing: I adore art, but I start to panic whenever I step into a gallery. In the one place I should be at my contented best - surrounded by walls teeming with creative expression - I fall apart. What ought to be an enriching experience, tacitly designed to facilitate the exploration of human empathy and perspective, is for me an overwhelming purgatory of anxiety that compresses me to the point I cannot breathe. At the same time, I experience a sense of extraction, as though my head is being prized open to create a hole so big my sanity could evaporate. Somewhere between these two opposing forces of vice and vortex, I feel myself dissolving in a stream of panic that makes me want to cry; and I feel so daft feeling this way, that all I want to do is run for the hills.
By Caroline Jane8 months ago in Art
