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A selection of news stories celebrating the artistic traditions of families like yours.
Artistic Families: Does Having an Artist Parent Seal Your Fate?
Artists Are Reimagining the Family Portrait to Be More Inclusive
Artists Are Reimagining the Family Portrait to Be More Inclusive
Growing up with an artist mother or father, watching them create art or making work together, could spark your artistic passion. And, influenced and inspired by your parents’ creativity, you could grow up to become an artist. Historically, there are some famous, artistic families whose children seemed destined to become artists themselves. Even today, there are many contemporary artists whose children have decided to pursue the dream of becoming an artist as well.
Artists Are Reimagining the Family Portrait to Be More Inclusive
Artists Are Reimagining the Family Portrait to Be More Inclusive
Artists Are Reimagining the Family Portrait to Be More Inclusive
The family portrait has long been a conservative genre, often focused on the nuclear family ideal: a father, a mother, and two kids of opposite genders. Yet today, the genre is being transformed by queer, nonbinary, and BIPOC artists who are reframing the concept of family and focusing on social bonds rather than biological ones.
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives: when artists paint their families
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives: when artists paint their families
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives: when artists paint their families
Christie's shows us in this story how family and art are intertwined with our own personal inspiration... teaching us precious lessons that serve to form our family's artistic heritage.
How Quiltmaking’s Deep Traditions Are Influencing Contemporary Art
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives: when artists paint their families
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives: when artists paint their families
This Artsy.net news story reflects on the art world’s recent enthusiasm for both historical and contemporary artists working with textiles, ceramics, and other mediums traditionally associated with craft.