Award-winning pastelist Judith Kadzym Leeds loves people—and has always loved drawing them. She began as a child by drawing her parents and grandparents. Today, she’s still inspired to create portraits of meaningful people in her life, as well as those strangers on the street whose appearance or countenance capture her eye. “I love people’s individuality,”… […]
Dust off your charcoal and grab your sense of fun, because we’re about to go on an adventure to reclaim your artistic spontaneity and intuitive creativity! I’ve been a passionate creator of monsters and otherworldly beings since I was old enough to pick up a crayon. While I’m a mild-mannered graphic designer by day, I […]
“I’m like an engineer more than an artist,” says Diaz. “I have to see what this is going to look like what, how it’s going to fit in on that proportion of paper or canvas, whatever it is, before I can do it.” Diaz says that it’s actually the sketch that’s the art for him. […]
Historian and curator Kim Sajet, who recently left her longtime post as director at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) after President Donald Trump claimed he had fired her, will be the next director of the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM), the institution announced yesterday, September 3. Sajet will assume the new role on September 22, succeeding […]
Those guys at 87North best be sleeping with one eye open — there’s a new, UK based action outfit in town, and it’s already set its first two features. As per Deadline‘s reporting, Art Of Action Ltd. — founded by filmmakers Neil Marshall and Jadey Duffield following their work on last year’s eponymous BFI season […]
Responses by Duy — N, executive creative director, M — N Associates. Background: The purpose of the Quang San Art Museum (QSAM) rebrand was to create a contemporary, cohesive visual identity for Vietnam’s first and largest private fine art museum. The goal was to honor the institution’s deep connection to Vietnamese art history, from the […]
christopher herwig frames south asia’s decorated vehicles After capturing Soviet bus stops and metro stations (find designboom’s previous coverage here), Christopher Herwig now shifts his attention to the roads of South Asia. His forthcoming book Trucks and Tuks, published by FUEL, documents the vibrant artwork found on ordinary vehicles. Over four years and 10,000 […]
With every issue of Art in America that my staff and I put out, I am reminded that there are as many ways to be an artist as there are artists, and never more so than when we publish our annual “Icons” issue. As in years past, the Icons we chose to profile this year […]
Giuseppe Ghislandi, “Portrait of a Lady” (image courtesy the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) Authorities in Argentina have reportedly placed the daughter of a former Nazi official and her spouse under house arrest after a painting seized by the Nazis during World War II inexplicably disappeared from their living room wall. Police raided the […]
PM_Config.PM_BasePath = “https://cdn2.amuselabs.com/pmm/”; We love a good museum visit, and we’re guessing you do, too — test your knowledge with this month’s puzzle to kick off fall, with clues on Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic rotunda, the Parisian railway station that became an art museum, LA’s storied art museum and research center, and more.
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