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Mario Klingemann, Memories of Passersby I, 2019 via Sotheby's

Adrian Mercer

Is AI the End of the Artist? The Future of Art ...

AI-generated art raises pressing questions about creativity, originality, and the future of artists in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Steve Jobs with Mac via The Verge

Miles Avery

Was Steve Jobs an Artist or a Master of Design?

Steve Jobs blurred the line between technology and aesthetics, challenging long-held definitions of what it means to be an artist.

Untitled (Bacchus), 2005–2008 via Christie's © Cy Twombly Foundation

Rebecca Levenson

Not Everyone Gets It: Cy Twombly and the Abstra...

An exploration of Cy Twombly’s life, legacy, and the backlash to abstract art—why his scribbles aren’t nonsense, but modern poetry in motion.

Philip Guston, Flatlands, 1970 © The Estate of Philip Guston via SFMOMA

Lena Whitmore

Philip Guston: Figuration, Fear, and Moral Reck...

Philip Guston rejected abstraction to paint raw, cartoonish scenes of guilt, power, and complicity, art that still dares us to look.

Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830 via Wikipedia

Elise Marlowe

Masterpieces That Were Hated Before Becoming Le...

Once ridiculed, these masterpieces—The Starry Night, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, The Scream—prove innovation often meets resistance before glory.

Jackson Pollock, No.5, 1948 via jackson-pollock.org

Julian Ashford

Why Abstract Art Doesn’t Suck: A Response to th...

A deep dive into the common criticisms of abstract art and why it is, undeniably, a vital and legitimate form of artistic expression.

Marina Abramović via Parker Press

Rebecca Levenson

Marina Abramović: The Art of Provocation and En...

Marina Abramović redefines performance art through endurance, vulnerability, and provocation, using her body as both medium and message.

Pablo Picasso, unknown photographer via pablopicasso.org

Rebecca Levenson

Pablo Picasso: Artistic Genius and Troubled Legacy

Picasso's artistic genius reshaped modern art, but his legacy is shadowed by narcissism and abuse, leaving a complex and controversial history.

Custom Rothko feature image

Elise Marlowe

Mark Rothko: The Iconic Yet Controversial Moder...

Mark Rothko's art sparks debate on value, elitism, and commercialization, raising questions about its relevance in modern art discourse.

Théodore Géricault, The Raft of Medusa, 1818-19 via Wikipedia

Jesslyn Low

Depictions of Disasters

Artists have depicted disasters through diverse methods, offering insight into suffering, fostering empathy, and inspiring action in times of crisis.