Painting is especially good at framing things that might otherwise be overlooked and revealing their hidden magic,” the ...

From the ancient Roman era until the Renaissance , there were almost no shadows in paintings. Also, shadows are rarely depicted outside of Western art. The MIT Press Reader points out a mistake ...

The painting does not portray a specific event, but represents the brutal reality of urban combat in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.

Three pieces are by Kumi Yamashita, who spent six months sketching and carving her wooden Chair (2015) so that a single light placed in exactly the right spot would create the shadow of a young ...