Art

October 8, 2025

30 Bob Ross Paintings Will Be Auctioned To Support Public TV Stations Affected by Government Cuts

Throughout his career, painter Bob Ross turned viewers into art lovers with his famous TV show, The Joy of Painting. Broadcast in the 1980s and 1990s, the show depicted Ross painting on-air. His calm demeanor and serene works turned him into not just a teacher-like figure for millions, but also a champion for public television. Honoring his legacy and mission over three decades after his passing, Bob Ross Inc.

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October 6, 2025

Artist Explores Humanity’s Wide Range of Emotions Through Multi-Faced Sculptures

What if the entire range of human emotions could be gleaned all at once, within a single face? That question is one that Yoshitoshi Kanemaki seeks to answer through his art. For years, the Tokyo-based artist has carved delicate, life-size sculptures out of wood, each filtered through impressive “glitch” effects that ultimately create several disparate faces. In one sculpture alone, we can encounter everything from glee, playfulness, and pride to despair, anxiety, and frustration.

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October 3, 2025

Mythical Animals Made of Straw Take Over Field in Japan for 2025 Wara Art Festival

With the arrival of fall, comes the start of the harvest season. In Niigata prefecture, in Northern Japan, this means rice is ready to be picked—and the rice straw, known as wara, is set to be discarded. Some farmers feed it to animals, while others use it as fertilizer. But after a particular surplus of wara in the mid-aughts, they came up with a creative alternative.

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October 1, 2025

Camille Pissarro’s First Major U.S. Retrospective in Over 40 Years Will Open This Month

When listing Impressionist artists, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro typically appear toward the top. But, when compared to his peers, Pissarro is often considered the “first Impressionist,” not just by art historians, but by fellow artist Paul Cézanne. It’s fitting, then, that Pissarro is the sole subject of an upcoming exhibition about Impressionism, opening at the Denver Art Museum later this month. As his first major U.S.

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