Dallas Observer

Gallery 19C’s ‘The French Fashionista’ brings 19th-century Paris to North Texas

It’s not just about pretty dresses. This Westlake art show explores how women in 19th-century Paris used fashion to navigate status, scrutiny and public life.
News8000

Rare Georgia O'Keeffe painting found in closet of NYC apartment, to be auctioned for at least $3 million

The painting was only recently revealed to the family at the end of her aunt's life when arranging her affairs. Betsy says ...

If Gift-Giving Is Your Love Language, Check Out These 43 Cute Finds

Promising review: "These are very cute! I love the flexibility. The stems are long so it will not get knocked out your book ...

Painting the 'Buddha', Living the 'Buddha'—What Takashima Nojuro and Five Other Painters Observed

What was the painter looking at when standing before a single canvas? If they were trying to depict not just the shapes and ...

In 1893, a Woman Born Into Slavery Made Pancakes at the World’s Fair and Became the Country’s First Living Brand Ambassador; She Was Buried in an Unmarked Grave

Born into slavery in Kentucky. Made pancakes at the 1893 World’s Fair for 27 million visitors. Became the country’s first ...

Presidents, Bullfighters, and California—Elaine de Kooning Painted Whatever She Wanted

In the history books, Elaine de Kooning is often eclipsed by her husband, the famed painter Willem. This fate befell the ...

When Earth bursts into colours: Rangolis, floor art, and the ecology of belonging

The article explores India’s diverse floor- and wall-art traditions, including rangolis, kolams, alponas, aripana, mandana, ...

In 2009, a Virginia woman paid $7 for a Renoir at a Harpers Ferry flea market; it had been stolen from Baltimore's museum in 1951, and in 2014 a judge sent it back

A trip to a flea market led to an unusual case of art ownership when a woman from Virginia realised that she had bought a ...
The Guardian

Women behind the lens: ‘I learned early what I was meant to become: a wife, a cook, a keeper of the home’

The South African artist Remofiloe Nomandla Mayisela questions the role she was expected to fulfil in her playful self-portraits MilkMaid is part of my photographic series Lipservice, which stars Mrs ...