A new wave of self-taught craftspeople are using the medium to make playful, thought-provoking works.
Category: Art
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Pat Steir’s Blue Period
The painter discusses her latest work, her previous career in the New York City welfare department and why she tries to make a brushstroke every day.
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What John Singer Sargent Saw
At a retrospective of his portraits in London, where the American expatriate fled after creating a scandal in Paris, clothes offer both armor and self-expression.
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How Does a Day Job Affect an Artist’s Work? This Exhibition Has an Idea
Plus: an installation in an Indian palace, a farm shop in upstate New York — and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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Frieze Los Angeles Opens Amid Attention to Asian Artists
Spurred by population growth and new patron support, artists from China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines are getting more recognition from museums and the market.
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Is There Something Radical About Painting Flowers?
Many artists who made their names in figurative work are now creating a different sort of portrait.
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Against All Odds, New York’s Artist Buildings Have Survived
Generations of creatives once flocked to the city seeking affordable rent. Now, despite skyrocketing real estate prices, some continue to carve out studio spaces of their own.
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Why Artists Rule New York
It’s home to all types, but one group has made the city what it is today.
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When a Job Becomes a Literal Hell
In an era of continual burnout, artists and filmmakers are now imagining what it looks like when workers finally explode.
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Danielle Mckinney Never Thought Her Paintings Would Be Seen Like This
The artist, whose portraits explore leisure and repose, has suddenly found success in the notoriously fickle gallery world.
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Five Things Peter Shire Wishes He’d Made
The Los Angeles-based artist and designer admires the Vespa and an early 20th-century typeface.