Joan Semmel has created a distinctive body of work largely centered on painted images of her own body. For her new exhibition at Alexander Gray Associates, Semmel has created 12 large paintings, many ...

In March, an exhibition of works by Jenny Saville, the British artist known for her large-scale figurative paintings, went on display at the Albertina Museum, in Vienna. The day before the opening, ...

Source: Photo by Min Ah KIM, World Body Painting Festival 2013 I have to admit: I am a sucker for reality TV. It feels so good to watch something “easy” after a day of teaching and researching at my ...

The artists redefining portraits of the human body for a more inclusive age. By Julia Halperin THE ARTIST PAUL Cadmus was flipping through Modern Maturity, the AARP’s official magazine, in 1991 when ...

Anne Harris, “Figuring Ground” (2014–15) (an ongoing project) (detail), oil, acrylic, collage on 300 lb arches cold press paper, 30” x 22” (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Anne Harris, ...

Sarah Corbett received funidng from the AHRC for Doctoral study, 2007 - 10 In William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea (1820) a huge muscled figure fills the frame. He steps forward, the left side ...