Articles

Jenny Holzer Guggenheim

Emma Livingston

Everywhere and Always: the Impactful Use of Wor...

As artists include written words in their artistic expression, the fascination lies not only in conveying a message through the work itself but also in the skillful use of written...

Yigal Ozeri, Diner Americana

Lily Frye

Photorealism: Paintings That Look Like Photographs

Hyperrealism paintings elevate intricacy to new heights. Seemingly microscopic dots illustrate pores and paper-thin hair strokes to construct the illusion of a photograph. This technique is known as photorealism.

from Schindler's List

Rosella Parra

Thirty Years of Schindler’s List

The year marks the 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List. His three-hour film tells the compelling story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who resisted the Nazi Party...

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...

L'Âge d’Or

Emma Segrest

Four Artists Who Experimented with Filmmaking

Whether you are looking to learn more about your favorite artist or searching for your next date-night movie, we cover four artists who experimented with films that will leave you...

Denver's Blucifer

Rosella Parra

Denver's Blue Sculptures

If you ever find yourself in Denver, Colorado, you’ll encounter two of its most iconic sculptures, I See What You Mean, a blue bear, and Blucifer, a blue Mustang, created...

Entrance to The Greats virtual gallery

Madelyn Kenney

Rewriting Art History: Wolfgang and Helene Belt...

Wolfgang Beltracchi was working and needed more zinc to create white pigments for his paintings. After obtaining some from a supplier in the Netherlands, he continued to work on "Red...

Recycled Record, Christian Marclay, 1980. Image courtesy of artist collection.

Emma Livingston

Can You Hear That? It's Sound Art

Sound art is among one of the most versatile genres of art. It can be made from recycled materials, installed, painted, or touched, it can be musical, it can be...

Master of the Embroidered Foliage Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Taylor Hunt

Anonymity in Art

When studying art history, the names of artists hold a special significance in identifying personal styles. For example, one can easily identify an abstract, fragmented Cubist work as being that...

 Wassily Kandinsky, Sketch for Several Circles, 1926. Image courtesy of New Orleans Museum of Art.

Emma Livingston

The Fascinating Phenomenon of Synesthesia and Art

Synesthesia—a neurological condition that occurs when certain sounds cause a person to see specific shapes or colors, or when a name triggers a mental image instantaneously—is the closest experience humans...