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PAUL SIGNAC, PORTRAIT OF FÉLIX FÉNÉON, 1890.

Emma Segrest

What’s the Point of Pointillism?

Pointillism is a painting style where dots of color are layered on a surface. When viewed from a distance, the dots create a blend of colors and shading that make...

Orin at work on the subway, Image courtesy of Artnet News and Christiane Paul Krenkler.jpg

Emma Livingston

The Subway Surfers: Strangers, Art, and Public ...

Perhaps artists sketching strangers on public transportation has been an established practice. However, in recent years, social media pushed this phenomenon to the spotlight, rendering it a viral sensation.

Ryder after

Lily Frye

Art Restoration: Keeping History Alive

From modern architecture like Fallingwater to medieval cathedrals like Notre Dame, intense and delicate care is required to continue these historical landmarks’ lives. Art restoration reminds people to care deeply...

Mischief

Madelyn Kenney and Taylor Hunt

From Predator Claws to Manicured Paws: Victoria...

We can walk our way backward in history in this timeline of artistic and technological innovation as a way to appreciate the early age of photography as an art form...

Sad paintings

Jesslyn Low

Ten Paintings That'll Make You Cry

When words fail us, art can become the beacon of light that recognizes some of the more painful emotions that come with the experiences of being human. Here are ten...

Faith Ringgold

Madelyn Kenney

Against the Norm: History of Art and Countercul...

Bold stances on war, civil rights, and environmentalism were matched with bright colors and curvy, abstract shapes and fonts. The opposition to these movements tended to remove the color from...

Courtesy of The New York Times

Rosella Parra

Crazy Horse Memorial

Did you know deep in the Black Hills of South Dakota lies a monument called the Crazy Horse Memorial? If you were to see this monumental carving in person, it...

Carl Wilhelm Scheele courtesy of daviddarling.info

Madelyn Kenney and Emma Livingston

What We May Not Want To Know: Toxic Materials i...

While art and fashion have the power to inspire the masses, it also has the capability to cause great harm and even kill others when crafted with the wrong materials....

Jocelyn Bell

Madelyn Kenney

Portraits and Paradigms: Artistic Archetypes as...

Barriers are reflected and critiqued in photographs and portraits of scientists. Artistic reflections of shortcomings within paradigm shifts can help remove discriminatory threads within the movements.

Final Painting Klimt

Taylor Hunt

The Final Paintings

Here are some of the most powerful and harrowing final paintings by well-known artists, completed shortly before they met their untimely (and often tragic) ends.