Megan D Robinson

Justin Favela, Gypsy Rose Piñata, 2017
8 Latinx Artists You Should Know
Here are eight contemporary Latinx artists who have made vital contributions to the art world.
Between Rabbit and Fox, 2017, Jeffrey Gibson, Native American, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee, born 1972, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 70 x 50 1/8 in., Purchased with funds from the Contemporary Collectors Forum and General Acquisition Fund, 2019.30.
10 Must-See Artworks by Indigenous American Artists at the Seattle Art Museum
Here are 10 must-see artworks by Native American artists at the Seattle Art Museum.
Portable Camera Obscura, 1800s. Goethe Nationalmuseum, Weimar, Germany.
What You Don't Know About the World’s Oldest Photograph
Not the most impressive at first glance, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce's photograph from the window at Le Gras, with its blurred shadow-shapes of trees and buildings, was integral to the development of…
Antony Gormley sculpture
Public Art: 11 Amazing Examples Across the World
From Naoshima to Chicago, Art & Object brings you eleven popular and thought-provoking public artworks around the world.
Hilma af Klint, the Eros Series, the WU Rose Series. Courtesy of the Hilma af Klint Foundation
Who Was Hilma af Klint?
Visionary Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was exploring abstraction five years before Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky. We take a brief look at her work timed with its inclusion in the…
Marion Adnam, Aftermath, Detail
10 Female Surrealist Artists You Should Know
While Surrealism of the early 20th century was a male dominated movement, here are ten women Surrealist artists and innovators who broke the movement’s glass ceiling and used their work as a tool for…
Sol LeWitt’s Seven cubes with color ink washes superimposed.
Why You Need to Know About Sol LeWitt
Intimately connected with the conceptual and minimalist art movements, American artist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) used geometric shapes, lines and curves, along with abstract swathes of color to explore…
Augusta Savage posing with her sculpture Realization, created as part of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Photo by Andrew Herman, circa 1938. Wikimedia Commons
Augusta Savage: Pioneering Black Sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance

Acclaimed American sculptor, activist, and arts educator Augusta Savage (1892—1962) was a central figure in the …

Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory featuring melting clocks in a desert scene.
Salvador Dalí's 'Melting Clocks' Is a Perfect Hot Summer Painting

As temperatures rise to summer highs, one artwork seems to encapsulate our collective torpor better than most: …

Pietro Longhi, The Faint, c. 1744. Oil on canvas.
Florence Stendhal Syndrome: The Art-Induced Fainting Sickness
Documentation of art-induced fainting episodes dates back to the nineteenth century; the most famous account is that of French author Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), whose pen name was Stendhal.
Kheops pyramid
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World Revealed
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are legendary sculptural and architectural splendors as well as historic testaments to human ingenuity and accomplishment. First century BCE Greek historian…
Bisa Butler, Genevieve Hanson for the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery.
Bisa Butler: The World Is Yours

Fabric artist …

5. Bob Ross- Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed - Production Still of Bob Ross with a finished painting.
Bob Ross Revealed: 11 Insights into The Joy of Painting Star
The 2021 Netflix documentary by Joshua Rofé examines Ross’ life and career, piecing together old photos, TV footage, and interviews with friends, family, and coworkers to give a sense of the man, his…
Alexander Calder, Eagle, 1971, painted steel, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA
Alexander Calder's Balancing Act in Art and Life

Iconic American sculptor …

Glass art by Dale Chihuly at an extensive exhibition at Kew Gardens, London, in 2005
Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly

Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly, a documentary about the world-renowned…