If still-life painting is the art of arresting decay, then it makes a lot of sense that Rachel Ruysch grew up to become one of the greatest still-life painters in the history of art. In the 17th ...

For viewers of the television show “Rosemary and Thyme” Pamela Wolfe’s latest exhibition “Nature Study” may provide further opportunities for enquiry into the secret life of flowers. The exhibition of ...

Many artists who made their names in figurative work are now creating a different sort of portrait. By Amanda Fortini IN EARLY 2021, Jordan Casteel, the painter known for her tender, exquisitely ...

Nothing says beauty quite like a 17th-century Dutch flower still-life painting. Big, vibrant bouquets in opulent vases with insects and exotic fruit, blooms, and shells may first come to mind for such ...