There’s a good chance you’ve come across a sculpture by El Paso–born Luis Jiménez at some point, whether you’ve known it or not. Perhaps it was Vaquero, the pistol-waving Mexican American cowboy on a ...

Is it only a face portrayed on canvas or can it be something more abstract? Many of the artists featured at the current Huntington Beach Art Center exhibit certainly believe the latter. “Personal Data ...

Since their 2018 unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, the official state portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have been a pilgrimage for many, a curiosity for others, an ...

WITH the arrival of the photographer, both painters and sculptors lost the impetus for what through the ages was one of their main functions: recording the great, the vain and the beloved for ...

Every month in The Hammer, art-industry veteran Simon de Pury lifts the curtain on his life as the ultimate art-world insider, his brushes with celebrity, and his invaluable insight into the inner ...

Luca Del Baldo, ”Arthur C. Danto” (2010), oil on Belgian linen, 40 x 30 cm (all images courtesy of the artist) The title of the project is The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality. You could say that ...