Painting

January 12, 2026

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s Paintings Are Heading To Auction

When Jimmy Carter died on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100, he left behind quite the legacy as the 39th president of the United States. But he also left behind something else: a cache of paintings. Now, several of these artworks are heading to Christie’s New York, which is hosting a major auction in celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary this year.

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January 6, 2026

RIP Cecilia Giménez: Woman Who Attempted To Restore ‘Ecce Homo’ Fresco Dies at 94

Cecilia Giménez, the woman whose well-intentioned but ultimately botched restoration of a Ecce Homo fresco that made headlines in 2012, has died at the age of 94. More than a decade ago, Giménez, an amateur artist from Borja, Spain, noticed the decay of the Ecce Homo (“Behold the Man”) painting on a wall at the Santuario de Misericordia church, which she visited often with her family.

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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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