Observer

Clyfford Still Painting Sells for $61 M. at Booming Sotheby’s Contemporary Sale

Against the backdrop of Wednesday’s dramatic three-percent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and economic turmoil in Italy, Sotheby's contemporary auction netted a whopping $315.8 million, over ...
Artnet

The Clyfford Still Museum Uncovered a Trove of the Artist’s Tapes. Here Is What They Teach Us About One of History’s Most Private Painters

For years, the Miami-based filmmaker and collector Dennis Scholl had wanted to make a documentary about his favorite artist, Clyfford Still. But he needed an excuse. Five years ago, the Clyfford Still ...
Hyperallergic

Still Life Painting That Is Anything But Still

Judith Linhares, "Freya’s Flowers" (2024), oil on linen (all image courtesy Judith Linhares and P·P·O·W, New York, © Judith Linhares. Photos Ian Edquist) The ...
Observer

Who Bought the $61 Million Clyfford Still Painting at Sotheby's? Not Israel Englander

Ever since a 1949 Clyfford Still painting, 1949-A-No.1, was hammered down last Wednesday evening for the record-breaking price of $61 "1949-A-No.1" (1949) by Clyfford Still. (Courtesy Sotheby's) ...
The Atlantic

The Woman Who Perfected Flower Painting

If still-life painting is the art of arresting decay, then it makes a lot of sense that Rachel Ruysch grew up to become one of the greatest still-life painters in the history of art. In the 17th ...
Artnet

Rising Artist Zheng Fenglin Is Giving Still Life Painting a Transcendental Twist

In the world of Zheng Fenglin’s painting, elements of Dutch Golden Age still lifes, Surrealism, and Eastern philosophy blend together seamlessly, creating a tapestry of symbolism and quiet reflection.