visual-arts

Featured in our Artist of the Year Book, Michael Alemayehu is a self-taught Ethiopian artist whose graphite and coloured pencil drawings blur the line between realism and photography. Working entirely by hand, Michael creates portraits filled with dignity, patience, and emotional depth capturing not just likeness, but presence. His work celebrates African identity with extraordinary care, offerin…

Not every famous artist became well known because people immediately understood their work. Some became famous after death.… The post The Weirdest Ways Artists Became Famous, From Van Gogh to Banksy appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

Modern Art, London The mathematically named new works of Along the River are disorienting, illusive and seem to offer a flash of the secret sequences that underpin the physical world Why do we find things beautiful? More precisely, why do some paintings of coloured dots in rippling patterns inspire in me something like revelation? The idea that beauty is the feeling you get when encountering trut…

A new national institution, the brainchild of revered artist Sir Quentin Blake, shows this overlooked artform is finally getting the recognition it deserves “What is the use of a book … without pictures or conversation?” the heroine of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland complains. When you think of Alice, you probably imagine John Tenniel’s 19th-century engravings. Roald Dahl’s BFG is now synonymou…

National Portrait Gallery, London The actor’s life in pictures, from mousey-haired teen to American icon to her shocking death at 36, beams with the charm that defined a century. But why aren’t we shown more of what lay behind the smile? I wanted to hate the National Portrait Gallery’s new blockbuster show, Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait . It represents two things that really should be binned: annive…

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John Hansard Gallery, Southampton Farewell Sweet Innocence references cinema, football, music and Windrush – it’s about trying to fit in, but always falling short, even as a Turner-nominated artist There’s that old Marxist (Groucho, not Karl) saying about refusing to join any club that would have you as a member. Simeon Barclay takes that idea one step further in his work, because he knows that e…

Escher’s eye-popping visions enter the video dimension, Pan-Africanism pulls in the big names and agent provocateur Julio Le Parc hits the UK – all in your weekly dispatch MC Escher The great Dutch artist of eye-popping, brain-melting visual paradox gets a rich retrospective of his prints, with video, music and installations adding to the fun. • Somerset House, London , until 6 September Continue…

The latest in the art world highlights a season shaped by major auction announcements, international art fairs, high-profile… The post The Latest in the Art World: Major Sales, Global Art Fairs, and Cultural Collaborations appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople Restored to Its Original Glory 19 May 2026 Following a meticulous course of conservation treatment, Eugène Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople is returning to the Red Rooms, joining a number of other famous works by the artist. By restoring the piece’s colours to their original brilliance, once darkened by yellowed varnish,…

Faculty in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have received National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants to support their community-engaged creative arts programs. The awards—$20,000 for a collaborative filmmaking production program aimed at Syracuse City youth and $18,200 for two years of artist residencies at a campus-affiliated cultu... T…

Somerset House, London Escher’s paradoxical geometries and impossible gravities may baffle the mind – yet even his wildest works were never just fanciful, as this fun and gripping show makes clear We think we know the world of Maurits Cornelis Escher with its mind-bending staircases and buildings that impossibly twist upon themselves. Yet a shocking glimpse of reality intrudes in Somerset House’s…

Kameirah Johnson, a senior at Lakeside School, is the winner of the 2026 Doodle for Google contest, and her work is now displayed online for the millions of people who visit the search giant. Read More

The Center for Photography at Woodstock (in Kingston, New York) recently opened the first-ever New York Upstate Photography Biennial , featuring the work of 39 artists who live and work across the Hudson valley and beyond. The show, co-curated by Marina Chao and Adam Giles Ryan, highlights the diverse work of photographers in the upstate region. Their images will be on view until 6 September 2026…

He’s pink, dotty and as British as a Boots meal deal. In recent months he’s duetted with pop stars, appeared on Saturday Night Live and been declared the UK’s equivalent of Mickey Mouse. What’s behind this strange comeback? Margaret Thatcher wasn’t to blame for the closure of Britain’s coalmines. Mr Blobby was. A harrowing spoof documentary exposed this horrific truth during the finale of Saturda…

Schapiro’s stunning images of jazz greats in New York – from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvin Jones – make up a new book featuring a foreword by late saxophone icon Rollins Continue reading...

Nobody really prepares artists for the strange things that happen after the work is finished. The awkward pitching. The desperate posting. The pricing anxiety. The endless waiting. And sometimes, the genuinely bizarre ideas artists come up with while trying to make a sale happen. So we asked our Arts to Hearts community the weirdest thing they’ve ever done to sell their art, and the answers were …

Named artist-in-residence with Ballet Des Moines, Iowa State University visual art and culture associate professor Olivia Valentine was inspired to create a unique art process that weaves textiles with dance movements.

A new retrospective of M.C. Escher’s work opens this week. Explore some of his most mind-bending, mathematically inspired works here

‘In a really simple way, this photo captures that intense colour and joy of being at the seaside with your loved ones’ Our British seaside has such a distinctive look; the bingo halls, the buckets and spades and pinwheels, and all the amazing colours of the funfairs. I find them the most amazing environments. I love that visually super-charged, maximalist style. The seaside is nostalgic to all of…