From 16th-century nuns to modern masters, this collection’s focus on female figurative realists drives a $50,000 biennial boost for the next generation ...

An all-woman jury of artists, educators, and curators selected 10 finalists for the $50,000 Bennett Prize, the largest art award for women figurative realist painters. The Bennett Prize 4 finalists.

Sara Lee Hughes, “Don’t Rock the Boat” (2022), diptych, oil on canvas, 50 x 92 inches (courtesy the artist) In 2016, when collectors Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt and Steven Bennett first conceptualized ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – A new art exhibition opened at The Bo Bartlett Center on Friday, Sept. 2. From now through Nov. 23, visitors will be able to see paintings in the style of figurative realism ...

Philip Pearlstein is an American painter widely regarded as one the greatest figurative artists of the last century. Pearlstein’s work is often composed of multiple nude models in complex interiors, ...

There will be a time when the work of women artists has become so pervasive among museum collections that special exhibitions calling attention to their achievements are no longer necessary to balance ...

In the 1950s, Jonah Kinigstein was on the verge of making it big in New York's art world. He won a Fulbright to Rome. His paintings got into the Whitney Museum's annual show of contemporary art (the ...