RADICAL ATTENTION

IN HER LATEST BOOK, THE LIGHT ROOM: ON ART AND CARE, PUBLISHED BY RIVERHEAD BOOKS IN JULY, KATE ZAMBRENO CELEBRATES THE ETHICAL WORK OF CAREGIVING, THE SMALL JOYS OF ORDINARY LIFE, AND AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NATURAL WORLD WITHIN HUMAN SPACES.

The History of a Difficult Child

MIHRET Sibhat's debut novel begins with God dumping rain on a small Ethiopian town as though. He were mad at somebody.

The Sorrows of Others

AS I read each story in Ada Zhang’s brilliant collection, The Sorrows of Others, within the first few paragraphs— sometimes the first few sentences— I felt I understood the characters intimately and profoundly, such that every choice they made, no matter how radical, ill-advised, or baffling to those around them, seemed inevitable and true to me.

THE END of the ROAD

In their first group show, a foursome of artists present new works influenced by life on their very own scrap of the Wild West

An Artful Illusion

The unparalleled spectacle that is Pageant of the Masters celebrates 90 years of bringing art to life in Laguna Beach

COLIN FRASER: Finding Freedom in Constraint

Scottish painter Colin Fraser is a master of egg tempera, an ancient and demanding medium that he finds freeing

VIVID COLOR

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo drew with natural chalks in the late 15th century, usually in red, white and black. In the early 16th century powdered color pigments were mixed with a binder such as gum Arabic, fish or animal glue and formed into sticks to provide a wide variety of colors

Elegant Design

A well-executed drawing and composition make up the core tenets of Jose Lopez Vergara’'s oil paintings

New Blood

Since opening Robert Lange Studios in 2005, husband and wife owners Robert and Megan Lange have represented hundreds of artists. The through-line across all those years has been their own work. Both Robert and Megan—painting as Megan Aline—are successful artists themselves

STEPHEN WRIGHT: A Wave's-eye View

Countless artists have pictured the sea, none, however, like Stephen Wright. His hyper-realistic wave’s-eye-view paintings might make onlookers feel like they have water up their nose

FRANK GONZALES: Sacred Spaces

The comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell wrote, “At first you might find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred space and use it, eventually something will happen. Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again.”

BRIAN MCCLEAR: Double Takes

For artist Brian McClear, painting still life and portraiture—often working on both concurrently—is a fascinating pleasure

JUNYI LIU: Paint It Red

A new body of work by Junyi Liu is being highlighted during an online solo exhibition on Artsy this summer, hosted by 33 Contemporary and PoetsArtists

Candy & Calamity

The pandemic unlocked new feelings for many people. For Texas-based painter Kukula, she remembers experiencing grief, anguish and pain in a very acute way

DONALD JURNEY: The Poetry of Place

In the first chapter of Donald Jurney’s career, his focus was rooted in the tradition of landscape painting and painting in plein air. In the artist’s upcoming show at George Billis Gallery in Fairfield, Connecticut, Jurney will showcase 11 paintings in an entirely new genre involving interiors and figures

Seeing the MIRACULOUS

Artist Jimmy Wright has spent a lifetime of learning, living and looking that he masterfully communicates through still lifes in paint and pastels

RENATO MUCCILLO: The Promised Land

It is forever the magic hour of dusk in Renato Muccillo’s dreamy display of jewel-like panels at Arcadia Contemporary

CASSIE BUTCHER AND SHANNON WOODFORD: The Language of Flowers

North Carolina artists Cassie Butcher and Shannon Woodford are coming together for a joint show at Art and Light Gallery that celebrates the language of flowers through a pairing of their unique ceramics and paintings

Into the BORDERLANDS

Painter Adrian Cox takes you on a visual journey into a fully-developed mythical realm between the real and imagined

An EYE for the OCEAN

When Winslow Homer (1836-1910) first exhibited his painting, Northeaster, 1895, there were two men in foul-weather gear crouched on the rocks to the left

Naomi Brown: Desert Glow

Painting in the alla prima method, Naomi Brown captures the saturated colors of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts

The Truth Within

Whether or not you believe in the soul or the psyche, everyone has an inner truth that guides their perception of the world around them

THE ART OF WARD BRACKETT

Ward Brackett (April 2, 1914–December 14, 2006) was a gifted American illustrator, known for his work in paperback books and periodicals such as Reader’s Digest and Cosmopolitan.

THE ART OF N.C. WYETH

For over 25 years, N.C. Wyeth was regarded as the foremost illustrator of books and magazines in the United States. His artwork for iconic tales of romance and adventure has become synonymous with the stories themselves, familiar to multiple generations of readers. Some of the best-known characters in literature have become nearly indistinguishable from the images he produced.

THE ART OF PAUL BRANSOM

Paul Bransom (1885-1979) was widely known as the Dean of American Animal Artists. His work appeared on the covers of magazines like The Saturday Evening Post and served as illustrations of short stories in periodicals and in books. He provided the illustrations for some 45 books, most notably the 1912 edition of Jack London’s Call of the Wild and the 1913 edition of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.

THE ART OF FRANK MCCARTHY

Witnessing a Wild West show as a young boy was a crucial early influence that led Frank McCarthy to become a distinguished painter of Western historical themes. The excitement and emotion he felt that day stayed with him, and can be seen in the vivid action, color, and splendor that emanate from his paintings.

The Crossroads

Sajeda Issa at UCLA's Department of Art's M.F.A.

Danielle Roberts

Night Light.

Kezia Harrell

To Be Precious

Zanele Muholi

The Bronze Age