Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

What is the difference between modern design and contemporary design? At face value, they seem to refer to the same thing — linguistically, they are synonyms of one another. However, in reference to ...

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African glass painting is a unique art form that combines traditional techniques with contemporary styles. The vibrant colors ...

“Contemporary design came out after the midcentury-modern movement,” Sander says. Starting in the 1970s, the style was first seen as more of an amalgamation of various popular aesthetics of the time, ...

I’ll be honest—nothing dates a room faster than the artwork on the walls. You could have brand-new furniture, a fresh coat of paint, and the perfect lighting, but if your art screams “last decade,” ...

A new curatorial team has taken over the reins at the Cafesjian Art Trust in Shoreview. Jill Ahlberg Yohe, a former longtime curator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, is the CAT’s curator of modern ...