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ART & DESIGN

How To Experiment With New Techniques in Your Art

A young woman is listening to music as she paints on a canvas on the floor of her university's art studio.

Unlock your artistic potential. Grow your skills & broaden your vision with effective strategies. Become a more confident, expressive artist today.

GALLERIES

How To Make Any Venue Look Art Gallery-Worthy

A group of four mature women is gathered around a blue contemporary abstract painting at an art show.

Turn your blank venue into a stunning exhibition space with expert gallery transformation tips and creative solutions for artists and event planners.

ART & DESIGN

How To Build Large-Scale Art With Minimal Resources

A woman is painting a large scale, colorful abstract painting on a large canvas. There are other canvases beside her.

Create large-scale art without a large-scale budget. Find clever ways to build impressive pieces with everyday, affordable materials and smart techniques.

ART & DESIGN

The Art of Framing: Tips for Displaying Your Masterpieces

A man wearing a brown shirt and pants stares intently at the rows of paintings attached to a white wall. It is important to learn the tips for displaying your masterpieces

Learn the art of framing and displaying your masterpieces. From framing to lighting to placement, turn your walls into a gallery with these practical display ideas.

ART & DESIGN

5 Ways To Combine Materials in Mixed-Media Sculptures

A black satellite dish shows blue and brown painted shapes, with a bronze fish skeleton attached to the feed horn. Explore these 5 ways to combine materials in mixed-media sculptures

Break the boundaries of traditional sculpture with five innovative techniques that bring texture, tension, and meaning to mixed-media creations.

GALLERIES

Ford Foundation Gallery: Art in the Service of Justice

So We Dey, 2024, mixed media art by Patrick Quarm, was recently in the exhibition This Is Not A Retreat! NXTHVN Through the Years at the Ford Foundation gallery

A dynamic space for art and social justice in New York City. The Ford Foundation Gallery showcases bold projects that envision a more equitable future.

ART & DESIGN

How Art Challenges Social Norms: A Bold History of Creative Disruption

Guernica, and oild on canvas painting shows the impact of war on people. It is an important example of the ways art challenges social norms

Discover how art challenges social norms, acting as both a mirror and a weapon. Explore historical examples of its powerful impact on society & activism.

ART REVIEW

‘SUMMER ‘25’: The Must-See Baltimore Art Exhibition

Giorgos Rigas' At The Park, 1989, is an oil on linen painting. It features many people having fun at a park. This is one of the works in the 'SUMMER 25' group show, a landmark Baltimore art exhibition.

Witness SUMMER ‘25, the vibrant Baltimore art exhibition with powerful works by emerging artists and old masters at C. Grimaldis Gallery. 

OPINION

Bold Resistance or Missed Opportunity? Amy Sherald Exhibition Controversy

Image: Portrait photograph of the celebrated contemporary artist and Baltimore resident Amy Sherald who was recently appointed to the Baltimore Museum of Art’s board of trustees. Amy Sherald Exhibition Controversy

Bold Resistance or Missed Opportunity? The Amy Sherald exhibition controversy and what it reveals about American art institutions.

ART REVIEW

Cultural Heritage in the Age of AI: Art, Technology, and Identity

Sung Min Jang, Unbloomed Flower: Silent Outcry, an acrylic on canvas is one of the works in Cultural Heritage in the Age of AI

Experience how innovative artists are blending tradition and technology to preserve cultural heritage in the age of AI. Explore a new era of artistic expression.

ART & DESIGN

AI Art vs Human Art: Why Genuine Art is More Valuable

The Heart of Chisholm Trail-II by James-Corwin is an example of human art. The artist contends that in AI Art vs Human Art, human art will win.

Will AI replace artists? Find out why an artist believes the competition between AI art vs human art proves that original works are becoming more precious.

ART REVIEW

Creative Coding Takes Center Stage in ‘Code as Canvas’ Exhibition

Omid Nemalhabib, Alter Poetry, 2025, shows how creative coding is turning code as canvas

Code is the new canvas. Discover how artists are using creative coding to shape rhythm, structure, and emotion in a digital world.

ART & DESIGN

Piss Christ vs Trans Forming Liberty: How the Culture War Shifted from Religion to Identity

Details of Andres Serrano's Piss Christ and Amy Sherald Trans Forming Liberty. Comparison of Piss Christ vs Trans Forming Liberty artworks

Explore the evolution of American censorship in Piss Christ vs Trans Forming Liberty. Discover how the culture war shifted from religion to identity politics.

ART & DESIGN

How Ice Sculptors Keep Their Work Cold and Intact

A pair of gloved hands chips ice off a swan sculpture’s beak, sending small ice shards into the air. Learn how ice sculptors keep their work cold and intact.

Ice sculptors employ sophisticated techniques and cooling strategies to maintain the integrity and stunning appearance of their work. Discover how they do it.

ART REVIEW

Fabric of a Nation: Quilt Stories of Protest, Memory, and Identity

Installation view of Virginia Jacobs' Krabow Kabuki Waltz at the Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories exhibition surrounded at lovers.

Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories at the First Art Museum, Nashville, is a powerful exploration of how quilts express protest, preserve memory, and shape American identity through powerful visual storytelling.

ART REVIEW

The Photographer as Sculptor: Redefining Artistic Boundaries

Martha Graham's black and white photograph, Letter to the World, reveals photographer as sculptor

Step into a new world where sculpture meets photography in Photographer as Sculptor, the bold inaugural show at Bruce Silverstein Gallery.

ART & DESIGN

4 Famous Artworks Inspired by Timeless Classic Novels

Paintbrushes rest on a colorful canvas that has been painted with broad, layered strokes of different colors. Colors are major inspiration for famous artworks inspired by timeless classic novels

Discover four famous artworks inspired by classic novels. See how painters such as Waterhouse, Dalí, and Overstreet bring beloved literary stories to life.

ART, ART & DESIGN

The Baghdad Modern Art Group: A Pivotal Force in Postcolonial Art

Baghdadiyat, a1962 oil on canvas painting by Lorna Selim, depicts abstracted figures of women standing in architectural spaces. This is one of the showings of the impact of the Baghdad Modern Art Group in the exhibition All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group

Explore the legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group in a powerful exhibition spotlighting Iraqi artists and the future of decolonial curating.

ART REVIEW

The Museum of Flight MiG-21 Project: A Cold War Jet Reborn as a Beacon of Peace

Installation of a MiG-21 warplane decorated with beads in the Museum of Flight MiG-21 Project.

Discover the Museum of Flight MiG-21 Project, where a Cold War jet becomes a powerful symbol of peace through African beadwork and art.

ART REVIEW

Uche Edochie’s Philosophical Art Exhibition Challenges Modern Life

All the Leaves are on the ground is a surrealistic and colorful portrait of a woman looking into the sky in search of hope. The title of Uche Edochie's philosophical art exhibition comes from this painting.

Uche Edochie’s philosophical art exhibition explores human fragility, purpose, and renewal through surreal and symbolic visual storytelling.