art history Archives — Page 6 of 18 — Colossal

a vertical painting of a woman composed of abstract, patterned, geometric shapes, holding a painting palette

Ruby Sky Stiler Reassesses Women’s Role in Art History in Geometric Portraits

February 27, 2025

a square-format portrait in oil of three football players in blue uniforms that read "Lincoln," standing on a football field and looking directly at the viewer

In ‘Flying High,’ Tyler D. Ballon’s Portraits Parallel Sports, History, Identity, and Patriotism

February 21, 2025

a painting by Wayne Thiebauld of a meal spread with dishes of fish, ham, chicken, appetizers, and desserts in pastel oil paint

Wayne Thiebaud’s Passion for Art History Shines in ‘Art Comes from Art’

February 20, 2025

a river landscape in a desert with a peach-colored geometric light projection in the surface of the water

Watery Landscapes Set the Stage for Lachlan Turczan’s Ephemeral Light Installations

February 14, 2025

a large-scale fabric installation in a museum with different segments illuminated in the colors of a prism

‘Imagining the Future’ Honors Aleksandra Kasuba’s Trailblazing Installations and Environments

February 10, 2025

an extravagantly decorated house in New York, home to Prophet Isaiah Robertson, who turned the entire structure into an artwork in myriad colors with large pinwheel-like sculptures and paintings

Visit Dozens of Incredible Artist-Built Environments, Homes, and Studios Around the U.S.

February 6, 2025

a large ceramic sculpture of a an abstract face in a green-to-pink gradient, installed on a pallet-inspired wood pedestal

Whimsical Ceramic Sculptures by En Iwamura Evoke Ancient Traditions and Childlike Curiosity

February 6, 2025

Green-tinted woven wood covers the corners and leads to the middle where a woman in an orange cloak made from various wooden objects such as a wagon wheel holds a candle and looks to her right at a man entering into the room from a door. The man is wearing a blue cloak and is also comprised of wooden objects. In his right hand, he holds a white flower. Behind them, a clock hangs on the wall, and in the left corner, a blackbird perches on a chair.

From Remedios Varo to Laurie Simmons, a New Exhibition Forwards a Feminist View of the Uncanny

February 4, 2025

a vertical painting of a female figure seated centrally in the composition, looking to her right and observing a lily within a natural landscape

Elemental Shifts and Enigmatic Narratives Anchor Rupy C. Tut’s Mystical Paintings

February 3, 2025

a bead-and sequin-embellished fabric artwork of a lively scene of numerous people dancing and gathering around a fire in a "Caiman Wood Ceremony"

Embellished Vodou Flags by Myrlande Constant Spotlight ‘The Spiritual World of Haiti’

January 28, 2025

a portrait of a man in a brown suit, sitting on a brown leather couch, covered in spaghetti

A Provocative Photography Exhibition Invites You to Experience ‘Chromotherapia’

January 28, 2025

the interior of a kiln tomb in Saqqara of a doctor named Tetinebefou, with brightly colored walls and relief carvings in stone

In Saqqara, Archaeologists Uncover the Sumptuous 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of a Royal Physician

January 15, 2025

an installation view of abstract crocheted wire sculptures by Ruth Asawa

‘Doing Is Living’ Highlights Five Decades of Ruth Asawa’s Biomorphic Wire Sculptures

January 7, 2025

a surreal oil painting of a woman in a pink dress, standing in a gray room holding a string, connected to an owl, with a painting in the background of a castle tower in a landscape

Gertrude Abercrombie’s Autobiographical Surrealism Traverses Dreams and Reality

January 6, 2025

the interior of Ron Gittins' apartment in Birkenhead, England, featuring a very ornate, hand-sculpted fireplace of a bull's head with murals all around on the walls

Near Liverpool, a One-of-a-Kind Art Environment by Ron Gittins Is Saved

January 3, 2025

a tray of various shapes of ceramic pieces glazed with different colors

Thousands of Josiah Wedgwood’s Glazed Ceramic Samples Paved the Way for 18th-Century Ingenuity

December 18, 2024