Articles

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.

Feature image: William Wegman, Man Ray, Do You Want To..., 1972 via The MET

Julian Ashford

William Wegman’s Weimaraners and the Art of Pla...

William Wegman transformed the elegant Weimaraner into a conceptual art icon, blending humor, photography, and performance with remarkable style.

Frank Godwin, Philadelphia Patriotic Scene via American Illustration

Rebecca Levenson

Fireworks, Flags, and Freedom in American Art H...

From Homer's shorelines to Childe Hassam’s flags, artists have long captured the spirit, color, and celebration of the Fourth of July in American life.

Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning at the opening of the fourth annual Guild Hall invitational

Hugo Merz

Why Artists Flocked to the Hamptons in the 20th...

The Hamptons became a creative haven for New York artists seeking light, space, and solitude. Here's how the East End became a postwar art enclave.

Frederic Leighton, Clytie, c. 1890s, unfinished, via Wikimedia Commons

Elise Marlowe

Unfinished Masterpieces and the Art of Incomple...

Unfinished artworks reveal raw process, artistic intention, and emotional depth. Explore how incompletion shapes meaning across centuries of art.

Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899 via National Gallery of Art/Public Domain

Isabelle Fenwick

Artists Who Turned Their Homes Into Living Mast...

These artists created immersive environments where life and art blended, resulting in houses that continue to inspire creative minds and curious visitors.

Man Ray, Kiki, Noire et Blanche, 1926, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Clara V. Leone

Other Side of the Easel: Famous Art Models Who ...

Uncover the untold stories of six iconic art models whose presence, talent, and vision profoundly shaped the course of modern art history.

Yayoi Kusama, Mushrooms, 2005 via Mucciaccia Gallery

Rowan Whit

Yayoi Kusama’s Mushroom Paintings and Their Mea...

Yayoi Kusama's mushroom paintings explore hallucination, trauma, sexuality, and repetition through surreal forms that connect nature with the subconscious.

Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509–1511 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Lena Whitmore

Why Painting and Sculpture Were Different Befor...

Before the camera, painting and sculpture preserved our memory of people, places, and power. Art did not just imitate life. It was proof that life happened.

Paul Gauguin, Te Rerioa (The Dream), 1897 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Rowan Whit

The Art of the Nap: How Artists Captured Sleep ...

From languid studio slumbers to dreamy domestic scenes, these paintings reveal how artists have long embraced the quiet poetry of sleep and stillness.