Fireflies Under Fever Sky: Pierre Knop in London

Combine Digital and Analog Techniques to Master Mixed-Media Art
Mixed-media art allows artists to experiment across analog and digital realms in today’s evolving creative landscape. Artists can create captivating works that defy boundaries by blending traditional materials like ink, watercolor, and collage with modern tools such as digital illustration software. If you’re ready to expand your artistic toolkit and explore the hybrid world of…
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Required Reading

This week: Joan Didion’s archive, Studio Ghibli AI, academia capitulates to Trump, Kaveh Akbar’s call to action, Buy Nothing Facebook drama, balloon wigs, and much more.
A View From the Easel

“The hardwood floors are perfect for dance breaks during the day.”
Sean Norvet is on “Neighborhood Watch”

Organizations Lose Pivotal Grants as DOGE Takes Axe to Humanities Agency

Museums, libraries, and archives are receiving grant termination notices immediately halting funding for myriad arts and culture projects.
Organizations Lose Pivotal Grants as DOGE Takes Axe to Humanities Agency

Museums, libraries, and archives are receiving grant termination notices immediately halting funding for myriad arts and culture projects.
Six New Daniel Smith Watercolours for Your Palette
Daniel Smith Watercolours have been a firm favourite for many years amongst watercolourists, for good reason. Their two-hundred-strong (and growing) range consists of the highest quality pigments mixed with gum arabic, and their popular Primatek range is made with mineral earth pigments, creating some beautiful and unique textures. In this article, I test the six new additions to the range, which include three single pigment paints, and look at their individual qualities and mixing capabilities. Six New Daniel Smith Watercolours for Your Palette I remember going to the United States around ten years ago to pick up the coveted Shadow Violet and Moonglow and feeling so excited to see the whole range so readily available on shelves. Fortunately for me, they are now easily accessible in the UK via Jackson’s. Since then they have been a constant in my ever-growing arsenal of paint. I should mention that I am not exclusively a watercolour artist – I use watercolour in my mixed media practice amongst other paints and materials, so when I am referring to my own practice please bear that in mind. To test these colours I used Jackson’s Bockingford Watercolour Paper 300 gsm Rough as well as …
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Republican-Led Bill Would Penalize Texas Museums for “Obscene” Art

The proposed legislation comes after police seized photographs by Sally Mann from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.