Painter News

New York - Brooklyn painter Mickalene Thomas is receiving her first major show at the Brooklyn Museum. The New Jersey-born artist puts a female spin on art history while portraying a strong, highly eroticized vision of femininity.

Sydney - Digital Journal attended the media preview of ‘The London Years 1960-67’ - a new Brett Whiteley exhibition, which will display 56 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures from the time when he was living in London in the 1960s.

A morality debate has stirred after a painter, who used her bare breasts to paint on a canvas, appeared on a recent episode of Thailand's Got Talent

Los Gatos - Artist Thomas Kinkade, known for his paintings of landscapes with cottages, rural gardens, Chistmas scenes and churches bathed in morning light, died yesterday of natural causes at age 54, as reported by his family.

Toronto - The annual Toronto Fringe Festival has broadened its scope beyond performance art with the debut of Visual Fringe, showcasing the works of various artists, featuring paintings, photography, collages, sculptures and sound installation.

The young Briton boy who has skyrocketed to fame in the art world also has his critics that do not think his talent is of the enduring kind.

Young Briton Kieron Williamson, compared to artistic giants Monet and Picasso, has a worldwide fan base, all clamoring for his paintings. The young artistic genius sold his latest offerings in just one half hour.

America's most renowned painter, Andrew Wyeth, dead at the age of 91. His works were regarded by some with delight, but many critics were not pleased.

The self-professed "one and only" penis painter has perplexed Australia's art community by entering a painting for consideration to the Archibald Prize '08 self-portrait competition.

In his case it's a hard loss to swallow!