GHENT, WV (WVNS) – Before getting started on a painting, many artists ask themselves a question: Do I gesso my canvas or no?

Canvas panels – or canvas boards – and stretched canvas are both great surfaces to paint on, but if you’re a beginner artist ...

A documentary about lost artwork intimately involves one of its directors. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

Mary Heilmann, “Rio Nido” (1987), acrylic and oil on canvas, 39 x 58 in (all images via cheimread.com) Before there were the New Casualists, there were the Provisional Painters, and before there were ...

Here’s an old question that I find is still alive for a lot of people: How do you look at an abstract painting? Are you meant to just immerse yourself in the wordless presence of its colors? Or does ...