Contemporary painting

Vibrant, opulent, and even impish on first impression, Mickayel Thurin’s mixed-media paintings reflect her ongoing struggle with anxiety and depressio...

New York-based artist Michael Caines joins the ranks of CatCon with a painting that celebrates the friendship between Nicolas Cage and his cat, Merlin...

Jay Silverstein creates large-scale paintings that contemplate tech culture, bizarre social media etiquette, and the impact of technology on our futur...

Multidisciplinary artist Madeline Brice explores the domino reaction between perception and narrative with works that quiver under warped points of vi...

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.

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.

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

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