Contemporary Art

Contemporary artists are pushing their pens and pencils in new directions and letting viewers draw their own conclusions.

Atlanta’s art world develops confidence in a varied mix of expressions.

Wayne Thiebaud’s tasty-looking paintings have often been mistaken for Pop Art, but the artist is after something deeper, both in art and in life.

David Hockney’s recent work is huge—literally—but size is not all that matters in these vision-bending paintings.

Recent exhibitions in major institutions are bringing sound art to new ears and raising questions about listening in the museum.

Frank Stella’s expansion plan continues with a foray into computer-assisted 3-D fabrication.

A major trove of works by Leon Gaspard comes on the market.

Middle Eastern contemporary art, as diverse as the region’s countries and cultures, is taking the world by storm.

The ancient genre of still life is still very much with us, as five contemporary artists prove.