Painting

December 12, 2025

Introspective Paintings Explore Emotion Through Strange, Otherworldly Landscapes

For Los Angeles-based artist Seonna Hong, painting isn’t simply an exercise in visual representation. It’s also an opportunity to mine emotional terrains, transforming internal experiences into universal statements through otherworldly landscapes and figures. These practices are at the heart of her latest solo exhibition, titled Cognitive Dissonance. The show gathers several of Hong’s paintings from this past year, each radiating with moody, Gauguin-like color palettes.

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November 30, 2025

New Exhibition Celebrates the Joy, Beauty, and Necessity of Dancehalls

Ever since his childhood, Geoffrey Holder had been enamored with the dancehalls peppered throughout his native Trinidad. After all, the artist’s parents had met at one of these dancehalls; he had taken the helm of his brother’s dance troupe at 20; and, even when he moved to New York City in 1953, his fascination still endured.

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November 17, 2025

Surreal Oil Paintings of Stoic People Enveloped in Nature Reveal Their Lively Inner Emotions

Blending surreal elements with detailed realism, Lara Hochreiter’s oil portraits explore our intrinsic connection to the natural world. Each colorful painting is like a portal into the subject’s inner world, revealing lived experiences through nature-infused symbolism. Hochreiter explains, “I create from the space where vulnerability and resilience coexist.” In two separate works, Hochreiter paints her subjects holding oversized hearts with plantlife growing from their fleshy surfaces.

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November 13, 2025

Dublin’s Monumental Picasso Exhibition Showcases 60 of the Artist’s Masterpieces

Few artists have shaped modern art as profoundly as Pablo Picasso. His extraordinary life and groundbreaking work continue to inspire generations of artists and art lovers alike. In celebration of his enduring legacy, the National Gallery of Ireland has joined forces with the Musée national Picasso-Paris to present a major exhibition showcasing 60 Picasso works, called Picasso: From the Studio.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.