Tag archives for Art
Portrait
Portrait and figure painting were Katy Kianush's first love. This has provided her with an endless and challenging source of study. The faces and figures are created in a fresh…
Handicrafts as local art
An exhibit of Bolivian folk art evokes local cultures and environments In the same way that a Wall Street banker would never show up at work sporting beads and sandals,…
Portrait Painter of the Republic
A dazzling Gilbert Stuart retrospective includes paintings never before seen in public When the largest exhibition ever of works by Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) opens this month at the Metropolitan Museum…
Art That Goes Boom
Fireworks, exploding balloons, skywriting: Gai Guo-Qiang's sizzling works defy gravity and expectations On a gritty street in downtown New York City, a bright red door gives way to another world—the…
Art Deco: High Style
The glamorous look marked skylines from New York to Shanghai and streamlined everything from film and fashion to jewelry and automobiles Art Deco was the name given, long after the…
Poster Children
Montreal-based poster-design firm Seripop is coming soon to a wall near you. When Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau set up a silk-screening studio in their Montreal apartment, the last thing…
Mass Consumption
American designers tackle the issue of obesity. International design biennials ask a lot of their curators—bring us your best designers, but introduce us to new faces. Tell us what’s happening…
Jun-ichi Arai: The Futurist of Fabric
Blending technology and ancient arts, the 72-year-old “dream weaver” continues to push textile design into unexplored realms. By Paul Makovsky and Mary Murphy Jun-ichi Arai isn’t a household name in…
Arts in Lithuania
Both folk and professional arts draw on the harmony, subjectivity and expressiveness of the Lithuanian character. Graphic and applied decorative art flourished in the palaces of the grand dukes and…
Egypt: ancient art
The Land of the Pharaohs and pyramids of Giza have fascinated generation upon generation. Thanks primarily to art, their legacy has not been lost to the ravages of time. Much…