Clouds Billow and Caverns Melt in Gabe Benzur’s Mystical Landscapes — Colossal
Otherworldly riverine landscapes unfold beneath green clouds, and uncanny caverns are dotted with cotton candy-like shrubs in the…
Michelangelo Made His First Masterpiece When He Was 12 Years Old — Colossal
Before he was a titan of Renaissance art history, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a 12-year-old, although his childhood…
Waikato boutique painting firm hit with penalty after ignoring MBIE notice
Authority member Helen van Druten said in her findings, after an investigation into whether there were reasonable grounds…
Comment | We are living in an age of bad painting—the medium must be challenged to stay interesting – The Art Newspaper
It is dangerous to use art fairs as a barometer of making and meaning in contemporary art. But…
Luftwerk Transforms Paint and Aluminum into Radiant Explorations of Sunlight — Colossal
Topped with a roof shaped like a crabshell, Le Corbusier’s Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut is a sanctuary amid the French…
Clementine Keith-Roach and Christopher Page Reimagine a Gallery as an Atmospheric Art Bar — Colossal
Blurring the boundaries between architecture, social space, and sculpture, a new bar has arrived on the scene in…
Cecilia Giménez, the amateur painter who ‘botched’ the ‘Ecce Homo’ fresco restoration, dies aged 91
Cecilia Giménez Zueco, the amateur artist who went viral with her well-intentioned by ultimately ill-fated restoration of a…
A team of scientists sparked a heated debate over a famous Vincent van Gogh painting
In 2024, a team of scientists from China and France published a study in the journal Physics of…
Abstract Paintings Confront Andean Weaving in Miguel Arzabe’s Dynamic Compositions — Colossal
When considering Miguel Arzabe’s bold, woven works, it’s unsurprising that he begins by painting two abstract pieces. Vibrant…
Watch Julian Baumgartner’s Satisfying and Precise Process of Restoring a Historical Portrait — Colossal
A little more than ten years ago, a particularly—shall we say—interesting painting restoration went viral, spawning memes and…
Famous China painter, 87, welcomes son with wife, 37, amid US$280 million theft rumour
Fan Zeng, one of the most valuable contemporary painters in China, recently announced the birth of his only…
Field Kallop Meditates on Universal Patterns Through Bold Chromatic Compositions — Colossal
While studying art history as a Princeton undergrad, Field Kallop was tasked with an assignment that continues to…