Painting

July 15, 2026

Aboriginal Artist Transforms Memories Into Textured Abstract Paintings

A passion for art-making can arise at any point in life, even in your 80s. This was the case for Aboriginal painter Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, whose work is now on display in an exhibition titled a story place out to sea. Born on Bentinck Island, Australia, Gabori’s work was deeply influenced by her home and reflects the way memory of a landscape can be transformed through color.

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July 2, 2026

Artist Paints “Glitches” Into Surreal Candy-Colored Landscapes With Giant Dandelions and Floating Cacti

Artist Alexis Mata was walking between the trees and mountains in Tepoztlán, Mexico, as dandelions drifted across his vision. Their existence fascinated him; the way they moved so freely, the seeds taking hold and pollinating new places. “In that instant,” he explains, “I experienced a strange sensation, as if I were standing on another planet, in another time, confronted with an entirely new landscape.

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June 25, 2026

Stolen Picasso Painting Unexpectedly Resurfaces During a Drug Raid Near Paris

Embed from Getty Images A portrait painted by Pablo Picasso depicting his famed muse Marie-Thérèse Walter has been recovered after unexpectedly surfacing during a drug raid in Champigny-sur-Marne, a suburb east of Paris. During the June 15 raid, authorities discovered the stolen painting alongside €200,000 ($229,000) worth of luxury clothing, nearly 40 pounds of cannabis, and €7,000 ($8,000) in cash.

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June 17, 2026

Barack and Michelle Obama Reveal Their First Portrait Together for the Obama Presidential Library

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have unveiled their first portrait together ahead of the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The detailed, layered artwork was created by Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Titled The Obamas: Springing Forth, it will be on view in the main lobby of the museum. The portrait features Akunyili Crosby’s signature photo-transfer technique.

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