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Abstract art can be a doozy. We'd be lying if we said we've never approached a daunting canvas buzzing with indiscernible colors, shapes and stripes and,...
Artistic pursuits aren't just fun — scientific research shows that they're actually strengthening your brain.
Step inside any art museum, say MoMA or the Wadsworth, and the regions of your brain associated with pleasure, memory, emotion, and vision immediately light up upon viewing a painting, according to…
There's more to being a doctor than diagnosing symptoms. And that's where art comes in.
For two millennia, great artists set the standard for beauty. Now those standards are gone. Modern art is a competition between the ugly and the twisted; the...
When you look at beautiful digital art and compare it with the things you draw with a pencil, you can feel astonished and belittled. If only you could afford a graphics tablet, you could be just as...
Don’t forget, Father’s Day is right around the corner. Looking for gift ideas?
8 Ways Creating Art Benefits Your Health Do you remember when you were a kid and making art was fun and free of judgement? You could draw and color anything and it felt good. It didn’t matter if the colors
The week’s best arts and culture reads – including a shocking new view of Walter Benjamin, do-it-yourself modern art and Beowulf in a hundred tweets.
She was about to make the biggest purchase of her life on a chair by an “up and coming” designer. What could go wrong?
Should they be considered copies, independent artworks or something in between? An extensive international research project has just released its findings.
Charitable deductions stand a much better chance of being upheld when taxpayers closely follow the qualified appraiser rules.
You'll be hard-pressed to find anything you need at Park Life, but spend a few minutes browsing through the books and treasures at this Clement Street shop and you'll discover many things that you w...
“I’ve always had more of an interest in art than academics.”
I grew up in a family where creating art was part of our everyday experience.
With math equations that analyze brush strokes, new discoveries about the world's greatest art are possible.