Ashraf Zamzami, a genuine one-of-a-kind talent, has presented another thunderous collection of works in his distinctive art brut (outsider a

With a background in illustration, Gill Button has established a reputation for taking as inspiration images of models and figures from the

In 1962, artists Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke graduated from the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie. Within a year's time, they had begun a brief

In 1989, Chinese officials labeled contemporary art as “harmful for Socialist China and incompatible with established social and aesthetic

At the height of the pandemic, Helaine Blumenfeld recalled a time when, as a young girl, she visited her uncle’s campsite. One evening, duri

It’s a common theme in history that reactionary groups look back to a so-called golden age, believing that society’s ills will be cured if o

Originally a graffiti artist in New York City, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) created artworks exploring his own life alongside socio-poli

Typically Ahmed Saber tends to use symbols; particularly the animal symbol, in some cases imitating the legendary form. In certain instances

When Syrian artist Sara Shamma heard eyewitness reports of Yazidi women and girls being paraded on a platform by their Isis kidnappers in a

Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist, born in Newark, New Jersey in 1945. After studying at Syracuse University in 1964 for one y

Safaa Kagan is a Los Angeles-based artist specializing in photographing traditional peoples worldwide.

Every major world crisis, be it war, financial meltdown or as now, global pandemic, is interpreted through the lens of artists of all genres

"Kemit" is a series of paintings by the Egyptian contemporary artist Ibrahim Khattab, whose current artistic efforts represent a remarkable

Brushstrokes are commonplace in any painting, often serving as a means to compose a cohesively blended image or to add a distinct texture. T

How much is the conception of art and its banning a matter of times? Taking into consideration Sally Mann’s Immediate Family (1992) and the

In this project, Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev draws a line between sensuality and explicit sexuality in depicting a woman's body. Modern photog

During his entire artistic career, Cairo-born artist Ahmed Farid has always had a special connection with his homeland, Egypt. His artworks

“I grew up in Los Angeles, it probably doesn’t show in my work… I think that people who move here have a romanticized notion of it and tend

Brightly coloured horses rear, sharp-toothed lions roar, a blade from a cubist figure flashes, a French policeman appears (what’s he doing t

Nikita Makarov was born in a family of famous Moscow intellectuals close to art in a few generations. His ancestry and serious classical art