Four Art Stories Worth a Coffee Break
A looted Kandinsky, a hidden Monet, an unseen van Gogh, and Joni Mitchell’s NEWS.
Feeling Stuck in a Rut?
Try Michele Usibelli’s Approach for Staying Fresh
The Portrait Painter Who Erased Himself
Who was Joshua Johnson, one of America's first black professional artists?
I Locked Eyes With a Wolf. It Changed How I Paint.
Lori McNee shares her process for painting an animal in the world it lives in.
The Pull of the Point
How Acadia's dramatic shoreline captured artists' attention — and never let go
Every Autumn Painting Is Really About Time
5 Famous Fall Paintings From Art History
The Question Every Portrait Asks
How 20th-century artists like Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse redefined portraiture once it stopped being about power and started being about presence.
Painting Up a Storm
Explore Arthur Lismer's iconic painting "A September Gale, Georgian Bay" and the Group of Seven's complicated legacy in Canadian landscape art.
Why Kevin Macpherson Never Stopped Running Away From Home
And why he believes travel, not comfort, is essential to a creative life
How Monet Painted the Wind (In a Single Afternoon)
Discover how Monet captured fleeting summer light and wind in "Woman with a Parasol" — a plein air masterclass in Impressionist technique.