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…
Geoffroy Pithon’s Kaleidoscopic Works Redefine What Painting Can Be
French artist Geoffroy Pithon is in the middle of explaining how he doesn’t see painting as something sacred…
Élise Peroi’s Woven Paintings Are a Transcendent Take on Tapestry
I stumbled just before reaching the door of Élise Peroi’s home and studio in Arles, France. While the…
Painter Agrade CamÃz Captures the Beauty and Brutality of Life in Rio de Janeiro
Growing up, Agrade CamÃz never thought she would become an artist. From her perspective as a child in…
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.…
Rising Painter Eva Helene Pade Captures the Rhythm of Dancing Bodies
Art Portrait of Eva Helene Pade. Photo by Petra Kleis. Courtesy of Thaddaeus Ropac. Eva Helene Pade, Rød…
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…
Rising Artist Emily Weiner’s Hypnotic Paintings Channel Cosmic Mysteries
During the second year of her MFA at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), Emily Weiner received…
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…
Late Painter Mavis Pusey’s Geometric Abstractions Were Always Ahead of Their Time
Art Annabel Keenan Portrait of Mavis Pusey with her work Within Manhattan. Courtesy of Studio Museum in Harlem.…