Paul Gauguin, “Mahana no atua (Le jour de Dieu)”, 1894, oil on linen canvas, collection of the Art Institute of Chicago Take for example Gauguin’s fanciful fetid figuration from 1892, “Manao Tupapau ...

It’s well known that Henri Matisse was a champion of decorative painting — or perhaps I should say, the decorative in painting. His admirers will have in mind the words from his “Notes of a Painter” ...

LANCASTER — “Hindsight,” an exhibit that at first seems to be nothing more than a collection of nostalgic, folk-like paintings of American life, does in fact raise questions about how that life is ...

One of Harvard Square Station’s liveliest art installations was born in a graveyard. “I began with the gravestones,” said artist Joyce Kozloff on how she developed her public artwork “New England ...

Since 2014, when the idea of constructing a new Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art was first revealed, many of us have been waiting with bated breath. Now our wait is just about over: The ...

The Nassau County Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Deco at 100,” opens on Jan. 18, showcasing paintings, furniture, fashion and sculptures that capture the decorative art movement of the 1920s. “We ...

NEW DIMENSIONS—Paul T. Frankl—Payson & Clarke ($6). From elaborate exhibits in museum and department store to window displays in cheap furniture shops, “modern decorative art” has been thrust at last ...

Kolja Brand is a leading art marketing expert and innovates the art scene with the German Art Award and his artist agency, Aurum Future. The current art market is increasingly characterized by a ...

Chicago's Hindman Auctions will offer up a selection of art and design from the Cox estate over the course of three months. Constantin Kluge, River Scene. Courtesy of Hindman Auctions. Taylor Dafoe ...

This modern shopping mall features decorative art installations displayed inside glass showcases along the public shopping ...