WASHINGTON— When abstract expressionism was all the rage in American art in the mid-20th century, many artists thought the art of painting portraits was dead. Artist Chuck Close went so far as to say ...

Kenneth Noland, the abstract artist whose sensitive approach to color helped define and establish the Washington Color Field school of painting, died Tuesday at the age of 85 at his home in Maine.

Byron Kim crouched on a small tarp unfurled in the middle of the atrium at the National Gallery of Art’s East Building, studying NGA housekeeper Leora Wilson’s skin and a dab of oil paint he had mixed ...

Phillips Gallery is hosting artist Laura Joy Baldwin with her exhibit titled Joy of Color for the month of March. The public is invited to meet the artist on First Friday, March 3 from 5-7 p.m. at the ...

Just behind the Advance Auto Parts on Market Street in Wilmington, on the exterior wall of a warehouse covered in street art paintings, you'll find a depiction of a face. Its features are striated, ...

Recently the Benton has been holding a weekly series of 30 minute art lectures. This week’s was centered on the idea of abstract and realistic portraiture. Lead by tour guide Shoshana Levinson, an ...

Walk into any contemporary gallery in Las Vegas, and you'll likely encounter a canvas splashed with colors that seem to defy logic. No recognizable shapes. No obvious subject. Just pure, raw visual ...