Arts To Hearts Project

From lush rose gardens and botanical studies to sculptural acrylic blooms and impasto flower portraits, this week’s Heart List celebrates seven artists finding entirely different ways to paint flowers. These works come from artists across the globe, each bringing their own approach to colour, texture, atmosphere, and storytelling. Some capture the fleeting beauty of a garden at dusk, others trans…

Pride Month often brings with it reading lists filled with memoirs, novels, and histories, but some of the… The post 7 Art Books to Read This Pride Month appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

Texas-based artist Lesa Shaw paints women of colour with a rare balance of strength and stillness. In this conversation, she reflects on evolving from vibrant, expressive portraits toward quieter, more atmospheric figurative work rooted in reflection, transformation, and emotional presence. From drawing paper dolls as a child to becoming a self-taught painter and educator, Shaw speaks about colou…

For years, people dismissed K-pop music videos as nothing more than flashy visuals, expensive sets, and perfectly synchronized… The post The Hidden Art History Inside Your Favorite K-Pop MVs appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

The latest in the art world highlights the continued evolution of global art fairs, museum programming, public art… The post The Latest in the Art World: From Frieze 2026 to the FIFA World Cup Art Project appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

Featured in Magazine Issue 12: This Is Me, Ivana Babic creates portraits that feel less like representations of people and more like explorations of identity itself. Through fragmented faces, geometric structures, and surreal architectural spaces, her paintings question the idea of a fixed self, revealing the many layers that exist beneath appearance. Rather than painting what a person looks like…

What happens when contemporary artists revisit some of history’s most iconic paintings? From Vitruvian Man and The Scream to The Kiss and The Birth of Venus, seven artists from our community shared how they would reinterpret these timeless masterpieces through the lens of modern life. Their responses explore technology, identity, connection, representation, and the realities of contemporary exist…

10 Paintings Frozen in Time Every great work of art tells a story. Yet some of the most… The post The Masterpieces Their Artists Never Finished appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

Working with handmade pinhole cameras built from wood, cardboard, and brass, Jacob Eyal Danon creates photographs that reject speed, sharpness, and certainty. Shooting on expired film and developing every image himself in the darkroom, he embraces unpredictability as an essential part of the photographic process rather than something to correct. After relocating from Israel to rural northern Port…

Before Vincent van Gogh became one of the most recognizable artists in history, he was an admirer. Long… The post The Artist Van Gogh Never Stopped Learning From appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

In Episode 4 of Season 6 of the Arts to Hearts Podcast, Charuka Arora opens up about something most creatives quietly carry: the fear that success was built for someone else. Someone from the right city, the right background, the right opportunities. Through deeply personal reflections on grief, consistency, rejection, and the invisible years of building Arts to Hearts, this episode explores what…

A curated new publication introducing artists to collectors, curators, and art lovers worldwide – presenting work that deserves… The post Arts to Hearts Project Launches Its First Catalog Featuring Contemporary Artists from Around the World appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

Some artists create work meant to be looked at. Basuri Chokshi creates work meant to be lived with. Raised in a quietly creative home in Ahmedabad, the Mumbai-based artist has built a practice rooted in emotion, materiality, and immersive storytelling — from intimate interiors to monumental murals. And this year, her artistic language reached one of the world’s most watched stages: the Cannes 202…

Every June, Pride Month offers an opportunity to celebrate LGBTQ+ communities while reflecting on the stories, histories, and… The post Celebrating Pride Month Through the Work of 8 LGBTQ+ Artists appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

Featured in Magazine Issue 12: This Is Me, Alina Moraru creates deeply layered works that blur the line between painting, symbolism, and emotional memory. Working across watercolour, gel pen, acrylic markers, mixed media, and gold leaf, her compositions unfold slowly through geometry, archetype, colour, and fine detail. Based in Hamburg, Alina describes her practice as “Glyphic Mythography” a vis…

And Why People Paid Millions for Them The auction world has always been a place of spectacle. Millions… The post The Strangest Things Ever Sold at Auction appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

At Arts to Hearts Project, we look at countless artworks every week but some faces stay with us longer than others. This week, six portrait artists from around the world made our Heart List with works that felt intimate, honest, and impossible to scroll past. From hyper-detailed realism to expressive brushwork and charcoal studies filled with quiet emotion, each artist approached portraiture in a…

Art is often celebrated for its beauty, creativity, and ability to capture moments in time. But not every… The post The Strange Stories Behind 10 Paintings People Believed Were Cursed appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

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 .