Praised by art critics and collectors, exhibited in renowned museums... Here are the most important contemporary artists of today.
Are you looking for some new contemporary artists to teach your students about? On the Facebook Art Teachers group, members suggested LOTS of contemporary artists that they teach their students. …
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Minimalistic and realistic, a look at Mark Tennant Prepare to be amazed, the paintings of New York-based artist Mark Tennant are some of the most
One of the great advantages of global connectivity is the ease of traveling to a space where the intellectual and artistic productions of millions of people are exhibited. And so art galleries become gigantic, visiting...
Daniel Richter gets to the heart of paint, capturing a magnetic vibrancy through texture, richness of color and illusion of light. Richter designs an exuberant and luscious otherworld, made all the…
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Italian illustrator Daria Petrilli’s digital artworks hearken back to the countryside retreats described by Flaubert… by elewarne
Surreal Paintings : Bruno Pontiroli is a contemporary artist from France. He is quite popular in the art community for his surreal paintings, which may raise a few eyebrows amongst viewers. He has a
Dramatically different times, places and circumstances separate Claude Cahun, the androgynous Surrealist who was imprisoned in Nazi-occupied Jersey for her role in the French Resistance, and the Turner Prize-winning contemporary artist Gillian Wearing, who in 2011 was awarded the OBE for services to the arts.
Amantes 124/124 Lovers, 2012 by Nicoletta Tomas Caravia (Spanish contemporary artist).
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A contemporary fine artist who draws influence from the Renaissance and Baroque periods to forge a connection with our behaviour in modern society.
Born in Lima, Peru in 1980, Ana Teresa Barboza lives and works in her native city. She studied painting in the Faculty of Art at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PCUP). Using embroidery, yarn, and wool, she creates landscapes and other imagery that exists in the space between tapestry and sculpture. Emulating the flow of waves or grass, each piece breaks out of its embroidery hoop and tumbles down the wall upon which it is being displayed.
Artist and filmmaker Uldus Bakhtiozina’s ornate headpieces were also used at London’s Royal Opera House
Contemporary women artists Realism is coming back! Lost to decades of abstract art, contemporary figurative painting is experiencing a rebirth in a variety of styles. Contemporary figurative artist…
From giant 'f*ck paintings' to porn mags, the once blacklisted painter is proving impossible to ignore
Zanele Muholi’s exquisite images of South Africa’s black LGBT and township communities are a magnificent act of solidarity
Art Radar Asia has put together five of the best posts it has published that explore performance art in Asia and look at how Asian contemporary artists have elaborated and expanded on the global discourse of performance art.
In 1974, Marina Abramovic, the 'grandmother of performance art' stood silently as audience members were allowed to do anything they they wanted to her for 6 hours. The horrifying results are more important than ever for us to revisit now in the age of Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and the MeToo Movement.
