Scientists have identified the oldest figurative art in the world, and it can be found in a cave in the Borneo jungle. Created more than 40,000 years ago, the faint image depicts wild cattle, painted ...

Doron Langberg’s Daniel Reading, 2019. (Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery) It’s not so easy to make a fresh-looking abstract painting these days. More than a century after the pioneering work of ...

As galleries around the world begin to slowly reopen, we are spotlighting individual shows—online and IRL—that are worth of your attention. What the gallery says: “Arsenal Contemporary Art New York is ...

Left: Janice Nowinski, “Pink Bathing Suit III” (2016), 0il on canvas, 14 x 11 in; right: Janice Nowinski, “Man drinking in the woods” (2016), oil on canvas, 14 x 11 in (all images courtesy Kent Fine ...

Making sense of an overarching theme like “figuration” would seem a daunting task. Doesn’t the word apply to any artwork that represents anything in the external world? But thanks to Nicelle Beauchene ...

Next year will see Europe’s leading art spaces continue to celebrate new figurative art. Here's who you need to know about. Buffeted by the arrival of abstract art in the 20th century and threatened ...

Philip Pearlstein is an American painter widely regarded as one the greatest figurative artists of the last century. Pearlstein’s work is often composed of multiple nude models in complex interiors, ...

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