Figurative

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (82+ words) gallery.ca Marion Wagschal: Painting the Unspeakable For more than six decades, Marion Wagschal has returned to one enduring subject: the human figure. In her paintings, the body is never simply a physical presence: it is a carrier of memory,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1350+ words) Creative entrepreneur Wattimah GG Wambalaba, popularly known as GG Wattimah, creates an abstract artwork during an interview at his home in Buruburu, Nairobi, on September 8, 2026. Canvases stand on easels outside a quiet building in Nairobi, catching the afternoon light. On…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (241+ words) Japanese Art and the Flow of Beauty – Birds, Landscapes, and Lotus The Hiroshima Museum of Art says, “A Japanese-style painter in Kyoto circle, and active as one of the representative pupils of Seiho Takeuchi during and after World War II....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (185+ words) Gazing Up at the Sacred Mountain (Executed circa 1950s.) by Shiko Munakata - For Sale artsy.net Renowned for his expressive black and white woodblock prints on Buddhist themes, Shikō Munakata was one of the most highly acclaimed artists of 20th-century Japan....

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (55+ words) The vocabulary reflexively applied to Ana Mendieta’s work, especially her land-based body imprints, brims with a romance of primordial forces: ritual, spiritual, numinous. The Cuban American artist called it “magic,” a word that feels at odds with the logic of…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (292+ words) In addition to her role as editor for Colossal, Kate Mothes is an independent, semi-nomadic contemporary art writer, curator, and organizer based most of the time in the Upper Midwest. She ran Young Space from 2014 to 2026, is the founder and…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (284+ words) When I was exhibiting at the Aichi Triennale in 2010, at the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in Japan, she visited my fighter-aircraft art project in a wheelchair, and we talked about my artwork and creative process. She took a long…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (235+ words) The director unveils a sublime and contemplative film depicting the paintings and creative practice of her friend and artist, Lera Dubitskaya. This beautifully shot and reflective short, titled It’s Not For Me, unfolds as an intimate creative collaboration between director…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (574+ words) The inauguration of “Untold Story” took place at Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) on September 1, 2026, on a calming evening of drizzle, as if the sky knew to be gentle that night. Frédéric Inza, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (376+ words) Alejandra de Argos David Hockney, Life in Full Color The Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris hosts the largest retrospective devoted to David Hockney, one of the most innovative and life-affirming artists of our time. With more than 400 works, the exhibition…...