A pair of artists in Dubois are planning an art show in an unusual space. Instead of a gallery, their show is going inside ...

Since Edward Burtynsky’s birth in Ontario, Canada, in 1955, the Earth’s population has roughly tripled, and its economy has ...

LONDON-A unique oil painting of Mahatma Gandhi will be sold at a auction here next month. This portrait, painted in 1931, is thought to be the only time Gandhi actually sat for an oil painting ...

Patrice Drago is a painter and writer in Annapolis. Her website is www.patricedrago.com. This column is written in ...

The Covellite's artist of the month for July is Brooke Wilson-Hack. The opening reception for her work will be 5-8 p.m. on Friday at the Covellite Uptown Lounge. Wilson-Hack is a multidisciplinary ...

An artist who moved to Butte from Appalachia Ohio is showcasing her incredible work through the month of July at the ...

WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Farmers Market returned for the summer Wednesday with more than a dozen vendors at a new location: the corner of Sixth and Charles streets at 535 Charles St. The ...

The Brooke County Farmers Market welcomes other vendors, who may contact Graham through its Facebook page or by e-mail at [email protected]. The West Virginia Department of ...

Culture Culture news Turner's earliest exhibited oil painting is up for auction after disappearing for 150 years ‘The Rising Squall, Hot Wells, from St Vincent’s Rock, Bristol’ by Turner.

The first oil painting ever exhibited by Turner is to be put up for auction after being lost for more 150 years.

She returned to oil paints rarely — Gandhi’s portrait being one occasion. In November 1931, the artist exhibited this painting at the Albany Galleries in Sackville Street, London.

In oil painting, double bonds in the long carbon chains of the oil react with oxygen from the air as the artworks dry. This creates new chemical connections that stabilise the final, cured layers.