Annabel Wharton, 79, of Durham paints during a long pose figure drawing class at the Durham Arts Council. Credit: Photo by Angelica Edwards I wasn’t allowed to go to art school. So I went to Wesleyan ...

Muse Definition, Meaning and Usage: Imagine an artist sitting in front of a blank canvas, waiting for a great idea to strike.

The most iconic muses in art history implore us to ask more questions. Who were they? What were their lives like? How did they know the artists who painted them? But their almost inscrutable nature, ...

Now open to the public as the Alekos Fassianos Museum, the artist's former studio in Ioulida features a slew of artifacts from hand-painted furniture to repurposed objects bearing his creative imprint ...

Resting on pedestals, several hand-luggage-sized cubes with various colorful forms embedded, or melted, into them are real head turners that leave you wondering how they were created. You’re looking ...

Historically, many creative couples have been celebrated within the dynamic of artist and muse. The relationship between the two has typically been that of a male artist and a female muse, which has ...

The Painter (Self-portrait at Work), oil on canvas, 1946. Gilot painted the self-portrait while she and Picasso were staying in Antibes, on the French Riviera. Françoise Gilot, 2021 Françoise Gilot ...

In a little two-story pink house on North Monroe Street, something unexpected is taking shape — a stay that’s part boutique, part art installation, part creative playground. Local entrepreneur Kodie ...