Tag: contemporary art
Annie Richard’s intricate beadwork brings together nature, geometry, mathematics, memory, and a deeply meditative creative process. Since discovering bead embroidery in 2019, she has worked with thousands of individual glass beads to create detailed compositions featuring mandalas, circular forms, and geometric patterns. Inspired in part by her mother’s lifelong connection to beadwork, Annie sees mathematics and art as complementary ways of understanding the world. Her recent use of watercolour beneath the beadwork adds a more fluid and unexpected element to her otherwise precise practice.
Niyati Mehta’s creative journey is shaped by experimentation, curiosity, and a desire to understand herself through art. Working across watercolour, graphite, acrylic, and oil, she gives herself the freedom to explore different techniques and visual possibilities rather than staying within the boundaries of one medium. Each material offers a new way to approach an idea, while the process itself becomes a form of personal discovery. Her practice reflects the belief that an artist’s visual language develops gradually through making, experimenting, and paying attention to what continues to feel meaningful. Personal experiences…
Only few days remain to submit your work to The Beauty of Still Life Virtual Exhibition. Open to women and non-binary artists worldwide, the exhibition invites artists to share their unique perspectives on the timeless still life genre.
Catch up on this week’s biggest art world stories, from new museum leadership and major anniversaries to exciting exhibitions celebrating artists, creativity, and culture.
Jane Bauman's creative practice brings together painting, photography, mixed media, found materials, and personal history. From her early experiences with art and the East Village art scene of the 1980s to her current studio practice, Jane has built a body of work shaped by curiosity, experimentation, and transformation. She often revisits old works, discarded materials, childhood images, and studio remnants, allowing fragments of the past to become part of something new. Her fascination with apophenia the human tendency to find patterns and meaning in unrelated things also plays an important role…
Discover five must-see art fairs taking place this late summer, from New York and Seoul to Copenhagen and Los Angeles, and plan your next art-filled adventure.
Discover the Portraits Virtual Exhibition by Women in Arts Network, featuring an inspiring collection of women artists from around the world. Through painting, photography, textiles, sculpture, and mixed media, these selected works explore identity, memory, emotion, culture, and human connection, revealing how portraiture continues to evolve as one of art's most powerful forms of storytelling.
Stay up to date with this week's biggest art stories, from Gwen John's landmark retrospective and Women in Arts Network's upcoming exhibition deadline to London's women-led exhibitions, public art news, and inspiring cultural highlights from around the world.
Planning an art-filled August? Discover six must-visit global art events, from major museum exhibitions and photography retrospectives to women-led festivals and contemporary art celebrations across North America and Europe.
Learn what galleries truly look for before offering representation. Discover five practical ways to strengthen your artistic practice, build trust, and become the kind of artist galleries want to invest in.