Tag: contemporary art
What do galleries look for when discovering emerging artists? From a clear artistic voice to a well-presented portfolio, explore five things that can help you find the right gallery fit.
Jie P. Colter combines traditional Chinese brushwork with acrylic, collage, and printed imagery to create layered artworks that connect cultural heritage with contemporary life. Drawing on her education in Chinese painting and her experience of living between cultures, she uses line, colour, texture, and empty space to explore memory, identity, kindness, and hope.
From African American quiltmaking and forgotten women sculptors to contemporary exhibitions exploring identity and nature, discover five art stories celebrating women artists, their histories, and their creative contributions this week.
Joanna Pilarczyk creates colourful figurative paintings that combine expressive portraits, bold geometric patterns, and lush greenery. Influenced by nature, street art, animation, and graphic design, she builds vibrant compositions that explore identity, intimacy, relationships, and acceptance.
Sarah Rutherford is a British painter who returned to her artistic practice after stepping away from painting to pursue a career in marketing. Working primarily in oils, she creates portraits and still lifes that look beyond surface appearances to explore character, emotion, and the stories objects carry.
Cristina Chirilă creates layered portraits that explore the complex emotions, memories, and contradictions beneath the surface of a recognisable face. Working across painting, photography, and installation, she uses fragmentation, blurring, and overpainting to challenge how we see and understand identity.
From Sophie Calle’s major UK exhibition to Mira Schor’s feminist paintings and Saya Woolfalk’s imaginative worlds, discover five important art news stories highlighting women artists from this past week.
Paulina Wróblewska creates lifelike acrylic paintings of big cats, capturing their strength, vulnerability, and quiet dignity through detailed fur textures, carefully observed anatomy, and expressive eyes. Entirely self-taught, she developed her practice through digital drawing before moving to canvas, where she found greater freedom to express emotion.
Women in Arts Network is launching its first-ever print magazine, inviting 50 women artists worldwide to showcase their work. Submit up to three artworks for a chance to be published, receive artist features, and win a $500 award.
Discover how Ukrainian artist Anna Shkinder brings ancient vessels to life through expressive acrylic paintings, nature-inspired textures, and stories of memory, emotion, and human connection.