Northern Irish artist Colin Davidson, who is now renowned for his deeply impressionistic and impassioned portraits both of celebrities and victims of the Troubles, was commissioned to paint the Queen in May of 2016 when he attended the hallowed halls of Buckingham Palace, where Her Majesty too

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A royal tradition. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace ho

The 'Star Trek' phenom on art, self-expression, and identity.

“It’s never really been a conscious decision,” Jess Bush says of her inherent desire to express herself through art. “It's a compulsion to make; it's just how my body and my mind works.” Though you may know the Austr

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With her heart racing at twice the normal rate, the grief-stricken artist found out why heartbreak is real.

Anita Glesta with her father, Joel. His sudden death sparked crea

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Evelyn Statsinger, Cross Currents, 1985, oil on linen, 30 × 40".

Sinuous chronicles of hallucinatory concentration, the paintings of Evelyn Statsinger (1927–2016) float the possibility of an ecological subconscious, their patterns evoking the life that teems beneath the microscope

Fun corner: Designing rooms for children can be a fun exercise. Check out these cool ideas that can transform any space into a kid’s haven, writes Natasha Menezes

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Some things never seem to change. On the rocky coastal footpath that winds around Cap-Martin, facing west toward Monaco, there’s a magical spot with a little stone bench. The view is glorious – a tangle of exotic vegetation and windswept pines and beyond, a sparkling stretch of blue sea. Y

This is the second part of a series which follows along as Painter’s Folly in Chadds Ford is restored, updated, and converted to a space celebrating both the past and future of art in the Brandywine Valley. Each article will explore a different aspect of the location and the renovation proce