Our editorial staff looks back on the year with a curated selection of artists, trends, and stories we loved best on NOT REAL ART this year.

Based in California, genderqueer artist Brian Oldham creates hybrid works that “explore caricatures of popular American ideals” through self-portraitu...

Multimedia artist Ruth Chase redefines female identity through a series of muted figure paintings that center on themes of visibility and belonging.

Based in Arkansas, Susan Chambers explores local flora and fauna through hyper-stylized acrylic paintings that teem with flowers, plants, and insects.

Rendered in kaleidoscopic scenes that swirl across the canvas, Robert Forman’s psychedelic works find beauty in everyday events and intimate friendshi...

In her series ‘Pattern Seeking,’ Heather Robinson combines geometric and organic shapes with pops of bright color to visualize the feeling of optimism...

Before leaping into February, we’re slowing down to revisit a few artists who contemplate existence and identity through their self-portraiture.

In today’s podcast episode, host Scott “Sourdough” Power gains insight into DesignerCon 2022 through interviews with artists and creative professional...

Based in Oakland, California, artist and professor Heidi Brueckner pokes fun at traditional children’s alphabet books with her grim ‘Monsterbet’ serie...

On view at Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery, ‘The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary’ group show presents new work from over 70 internationally renowned...

Inspired by ‘Aesop’s Fables,’ Nathalie Tierce’s illustrated book, ‘Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden,’ explores alienation and vice with cheeky humor...

Betsy Podlach’s sensual paintings tap into primal feelings of love, rendered in a style that merges Renaissance classicism with abstract expressionism...