Art

April 9, 2025

8-Year-Old Painter Opens First Solo Exhibition and Has Already Landed Sales

Even when Kevin Kovacs was a toddler, his mother recognized his artistic talent. At 2, he’d paint with his parents, both keen photographers, and, by 5, he’d started sketching in earnest. During family trips to coastal towns across South West England, he would draw inspiration from the scenery and buildings he encountered, which, over time, his mother compiled and shared online.

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April 8, 2025

Evocative Faces Emerge From Surreal Sculptures of Gigantic Book Pages

During her childhood, Paola Grizi would often watch her aunt working with clay. In those moments, Grizi followed her aunt’s hands as they coaxed out the forms of small sculptures, sparking her own fascination with the medium. “I experienced it as a game, and from there, I have always found pleasure in modeling clay,” the Italian artist tells My Modern Met.

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April 7, 2025

London’s Tate Modern To Open an Exhibit About the Life and Legacy of Frida Kahlo in 2026

The colorful works of Frida Kahlo continue to inspire many around the world to this day. Beyond her vibrant paintings, Kahlo was a complex woman who loved art from a young age and was committed to political activism and her community. Her circumstances—from her Indigenous roots to her disability—resulted in one of the most honest and enthralling oeuvre's in art history.

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April 6, 2025

Digital Artist Shares What It’s Like To Have His Work “Ruined by AI” [Interview]

These days, there is a lot of debate about the rise of AI—both good and bad.  As the use of this technology becomes commonplace, people are naturally more skeptical of everything they read and see. And while heightened awareness isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's had an unexpected impact on creatives. Specifically, digital artists have seen their hard work increasingly attributed to AI—a disheartening misjudgement of art that is the fruit of hard work.

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