The Hyde Collection exhibit blends three shows from women artists across centuries into a unified exploration of the still ...

Many contemporary still lifes depict food. The 22 works on display at Yoshii Gallery under the inclusive title, Food, provide a good selection. They include sculpted fruit — Tadao Ando’s “Green Apple” ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — The earliest recorded still life paintings date back more than two millennia and are referred to as Xenia, a Greek word meaning a specific kind of generous hospitality extended ...

In a still life painting, the subjects cannot move. The bowl of fruit remains sedentary on the table. The hunk of cheese goes uneaten. The candles do not flicker. That's the rule according to the very ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Damien Mammoliti Nearly every art student groans at the mention of still life painting.

As a means of tracing the trajectory of twentieth-century art, the still life seems a useful guide. Historically, the still life was considered a lesser form of painting due to the mundane objects it ...

One exhibition is at Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, N.Y., and another is at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. By Holland Cotter Ms. Lou, known for her intricate installations of ...

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

An authoritative artist has many rules for his still life painting. Too bad! Because the mouse, the dragon, the knight, and the princess are here... In a 'Still Life' painting nothing moves — but, ...