Guy de Montlaur grew up knowing he would have to “fight the enemy”, but when he experienced the horrors of World War II firsthand, his life – and the art that he made – would change forever. The ...

Mark Rothko is known for his colorful abstract paintings of stacked rectangles with billowy borders and layered textures. His art has been auctioned for up to $186 million, but he once turned down a ...

The Santa Monica College Emeritus Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of creative works by Earleen Ahrens and Jonathan Tillman. The two-artist exhibition features an eclectic array of ...

Bookending that gallery are a pair of red paintings -- Leon Polk Smith’s rarely exhibited 10-by-10-foot “Red-Violet Diamond” (1980), the largest piece in the show, and Carmen Herrera’s “Gemini” (2007) ...

Angela Berkson is a visual artist who creates colorful abstract paintings using a unique wax-based paint medium called “encaustic.” Her art aims to evoke emotion and spark a conversation. Berkson is ...

Born in Denver, artist Sally Elliott’s father was an opera singer. She was surrounded by art as a child and made things with her hands. Her drawings were based an emotional response and were ...

The first Black woman to headline a solo show at the Whitney, the artist created abstract paintings, marionettes and more Isis Davis-Marks Correspondent The late African American artist Alma Thomas ...