3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (498+ words) New York art prodigy Lucien Smith, who rose to fame in his early 20s as a leading figure of the “Zombie Formalism” movement, has died at 37. New York artist Lucien Smith has passed away. His friend Bill Powers, owner of Manhattan’s…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (438+ words) American artist Lucien Smith, who rose rapidly to prominence in the 2010s and became a fixture of New York’s downtown art scene, has died aged 37. Lucien Smith, one of the most prominent young artists to emerge from New York’s art scene…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (91+ words) Long before cats became the undisputed stars of the internet, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip was already documenting their curiosity and elegant beauty. Born in Amsterdam in 1821 into a family of artists, she learned to paint from her father, landscape painter Josephus Augustus…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (335+ words) In the provocative film American Fiction, the character Thelonious “Monk” Ellison captures the audience with his fictional world of enigmatic portraits, where identities are shaped by stereotypes. Director Cord Jefferson, inspired by Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, explores the complexities of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) From the forests of Metz to his Hippodrome safety curtain, this landmark exhibition offers long-overdue recognition of Balraj Khanna. Born in the Punjab region of India, in what is now Pakistan, Balraj Khanna’s early years were shaped by Partition, but…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (560+ words) Published 3:30 pm Monday, August 31, 2026 Lawyers entered a joint submission for the sentencing of former Oak Bay gallery owner Calvin Lucyshyn, who’s accused of selling art pieces he did not own and keeping paintings when owners would ask for them back....