This six-week still life painting project sees pupils drawing inspiration from the bright, vibrant work of contemporary ...

Lines divide a surface, colors fill it. This age-old art-school adage neatly sums up the relationship between drawing and painting, while glossing over its inherent contradictions. Does drawing define ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. In terms of public reception in his day, he might have done better to paint even more still lifes. In terms of ...

In a still life painting, the subjects cannot move. The bowl of fruit remains sedentary on the table. The hunk of cheese goes uneaten. The candles do not flicker. That's the rule according to the very ...

It was a grand time, but the party’s over. The guests are gone. The servants will clean up later. In this silent room, all that remains are the leftovers, and some luxurious tableware. When you visit ...

An unseen drawing by Pablo Picasso was discovered beneath one of the late artist’s most recognizable abstract paintings called Still Life. Conservators from the Art Institute of Chicago made the ...