Smithsonian Institution Postpones Prestigious Portrait Exhibition

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has postponed the opening of an exhibition for its triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition as the Smithsonian Institution prepares to run out of federal funding in the case of a prolonged government shutdown. The Outwin...

A Tandem Dance of the Seen and Imagined

French poet Comte de Lautréamont’s famous description, “beautiful as a chance encounter on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella,” came to mind when I encountered the exhibition Abigail Dudley and Elise Siegel: Painting and Sculpture, at Steven Harvey...

A View From the Easel

Welcome to the 306th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists bring natural dyes to life and restore vessels as they sculpt. Want to take part? Check out our submission guidelines and...

Ant Hamlyn’s Vibrant, Smushed Still Lifes Preserve the Impermanent

Known for his squishy flowers and foliage made of polyurethane-coated fabrics, often encased-slash-smushed behind panels of clear acrylic, Ant Hamlyn has a sense of humor when it comes to art history. Nodding to genres in Western art like vanitas still-life paintings,...

Illuminating the Ordinary: David Speed’s Neon Goose Installation

David Speed’s Neon Goose Lands at Warwick A radiant new mural has taken flight at the University of Warwick, a glowing tribute to one of campus life’s most familiar faces. Titled Temporary Home, the large-scale neon artwork by acclaimed street artist David Speed...

Ettore and Andromaca Bring Ancient Myth to the Streets of Comacchio

On the walls of Via Spina in Comacchio, myth meets memory in a striking new mural that reimagines one of the city’s ancient treasures, a red-figure krater from the Museo del Delta Antico depicting Hector and Andromache’s farewell in Homer’s Iliad. Here, the classical...

How brands are using illustration to tell their stories in 2025

These six compelling case studies demonstrate how forward-thinking brands are leveraging the power of bespoke illustration to engage and entertain their audiences. Have you noticed how more and more illustrated work is appearing in advertising, packaging and branding...