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 ...

What comes to mind when you read the words Art Deco vs Mid-Century? Perhaps the former evokes images of speakeasy-style bars with mirrored glass cabinets, while the latter might bring to mind an Eames ...

What is the difference between modern design and contemporary design? At face value, they seem to refer to the same thing — linguistically, they are synonyms of one another. However, in reference to ...

African glass painting is a unique art form that combines traditional techniques with contemporary styles. The vibrant colors ...

“Contemporary design came out after the midcentury-modern movement,” Sander says. Starting in the 1970s, the style was first seen as more of an amalgamation of various popular aesthetics of the time, ...

A new curatorial team has taken over the reins at the Cafesjian Art Trust in Shoreview. Jill Ahlberg Yohe, a former longtime curator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, is the CAT’s curator of modern ...