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by Kelly Compton Look up toward the sky, or out of your window.  Chances are good you will spy a bird soon enough.  Though some...

written by Louise Joyner The career of Julie Bell (b.1958) is a testament to the enduring power of realism in American art.  Focused on eight...

In May, the White House released details on its proposed Fiscal Year 2018 "skinny budget," which will, among other things, give the 52-year-old National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) just enough money to wind down its activities and close permanently ($29 million vs. its previous allocation of $150 million).

Everyone has one, so everyone is interested, to a lesser or greater degree. I'm referring to the face. Artists have been depicting faces for millennia, sometimes flatteringly and sometimes frankly, but always with the understanding that every viewer has a direct connection with the subject—and also a way of assessing the rendition's accuracy.

by Max Gillies, contributing writing to Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Horses have played a starring role in art from its very beginnings.  On the walls...

Although it wasn't until 1517 that Martin Luther (1483-1546) became the face of the Protestant Reformation by posting his Ninety-Five Theses on the doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, the roots of dissatisfaction with the Roman Catholic Church were deep-seated by then.

As fellow residents of Earth, animals have always fascinated humans, especially the artists among us. Thus many creatures appear in prehistoric cave paintings, and...