The Figure Painting project started while going through my mum's attic, sorting through old belongings. On discovering my old toys, I was hit by a wave of nostalgia and a flood of memories from these ...

This painting explores a creative decision about whether to include a spooky figure or keep the composition more minimal. It highlights how small elements can change mood, storytelling, and visual ...

Jenny Saville’s mid-career retrospective at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth features one banger of a painting after another. All hits. “Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting” because Saville (b.

Figurative painting, it seems, is destined to be contemporary art’s perennial sidepiece: always available for a fling, never for very long. The last time one could admit to a passion for it without ...

Traveling from as far away as China, realist painters vie with one another in a weeklong contest. In a contemporary art world awash in -isms, realistic figure painting may seem like a quaint throwback ...