Ali Banisadr’s Mesmerizing Paintings Make Sense of Chaos
Art Portrait of Ali Banisadr. Photo by Charlie Rubin. Courtesy of Olney Gleason. Ali Banisadr’s childhood in Tehran…
Rising Painter Emil Sands Finds Beauty in the Vulnerability of the Human Form
Emil Sands first saw Doryphoros, Polykleitos’s fifth-century BCE sculpture of the “ideal man,” during one of his childhood…
How Renegade Sculptor Judy Pfaff Made a Career Breaking the Rules
Art Portrait of Judy Pfaff in the studio, c. 1991. Courtesy of the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery.…
At 84, Painter Pat Lipsky Is Returning to Her Color-Soaked Origins
Art Portrait of Pat Lipsky. Photo by Thomas Victor. Image via Wikimedia Commons. When she was in the…
Ronan Day-Lewis on Directing His Father and Painting from Nostalgia
Art Portrait of Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis on the set of Anemone. Photo by Maria Lax /…
Nanette Carter Is a Pioneer of Black Abstraction—and She’s Still Experimenting Today
Art Portrait of Nanette Carter. Courtesy of the Wexner Center for the Arts. When she was in high…
5 Standout Shows to See at Small Galleries in August 2025
Art Maxwell Rabb In this monthly roundup, we spotlight five stellar exhibitions at small and rising galleries. Grège…
Underrecognized Mystic Artist Marian Spore Bush Is Gaining New Attention for Her Spiritual Paintings
Art Maxwell Rabb Portrait of Marian Spore Bush. Photo by Peter A. Judley & Son. Courtesy of Smithsonian…