Big Art Thread

hey hey everyone just wanted to say hello and thank you to new followers! I started doing this on the other place after the 2016 election as a way to fill my mornings with art and hopefully give a little break or creative inspiration to others in the process. Now here we are again.

Paintings by Argentinian artist María Martorell, 1960s-70s.

Paintings by Welsh artist Darcy Whent, 2020s, whose surrealism-tinged work explores folklore, memory, and women's stories.

Paintings by British artist Murray Clarke, 2020s.

Paintings by American artist and educator Aaron Douglas, 1920s-30s, a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance known for his illustrations and murals addressing issues like segregation, lynching, and Black liberation.

Paintings by American artist Kristen Liu-Wong, 2010s-20s.

Paintings by pioneering Pueblo artist Pablita Velarde (whose Tewa name is Tse Tsan), c. 1970s-80s, known for working with natural pigments made from minerals and rocks, with compositions depicting the traditions, stories, and history of her community.

Works from the "First Jobs" series by Aboriginal Australian artist Tracey Moffatt, 2008, in which the artist re-staged jobs she held as a teenager and young adult in hyper-stylized, oversaturated tableaux.

Sculpture by Finnish artist Marianne Huotari, 2020s, whose work is composed of thousands of small hand-formed ceramic pieces, assembled through a slow, meditative process.

Paintings by Dutch artist Joop Polder, c. 1990s-2020s.

Sculpture by self-taught French and Cameroonian artist Beya Gille Gacha, 2020s, whose work employs traditional Bamiléké beading techniques.

Paintings by Polish artist Krzysztof Grzybacz, 2020s.

Paintings by American artist Ilana Zweschi, 2020s, who draws from her studies in math to create precise brush stroke and color arrangements through logic.

Works from "The Pleasure Principle" series by British photographer Chris Steele-Perkins, 1980-89, which explored public and social life in England under Thatcher.

Mixed media works by American artist Heather Benjamin, 2010s-20s, whose images of sexualized warrior women and goddesses draw from the exaggerated femininity of Sailor Moon, which influenced her heavily as a child.

Paintings by American artist Frederick Hammersley, 1980s.

Sculpture by multidisciplinary Indian artist Tarini Sethi, 2020s, whose practice pulls from Indian art history to address themes of gender, eroticism, repression, and inequality.

Paintings by Canadian artist Joani Tremblay, 2020s.

Illustrations from a fashion calendar by French artist Martha Romme, 1919.

Clothing and sculpture works by American artist and fashion designer Beau McCall, 1990s-2020s, known for his use of hand-sewn buttons on upcycled fabric and objects.

Works by Taiwanese American artist Mu Pan, 2020s, whose complex compositions have been inspired by manga, wuxia literature, Hong Kong cinema, ukiyo-e prints, and Buddhist teaching.

Sculpture by Mexican American artist Sarita Westrup, 2020s, whose basketry works are inspired by her upbringing in the Rio Grande Valley on the Texas-Mexico border.

Paintings by Swiss artist and designer Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1930s-40s, who was associated with the Constructivist and Dada movements and has been a continuing influence on textile and interior design.

Paintings by Chinese-born, NY-based artist Xiao Wang, 2010s-20s, whose scenes are constructed from photos of friends, landscapes, and domestic spaces, morphing into dream worlds through color and lighting.

Paintings by Italian artist Domenico Gnoli, 1960s.

Works by American photographer Dionne Lee, 2010s-20s, whose "practice explores themes of power, survival, and personal history in relation to the American landscape."

Mixed media works by American artist Sarah Cain, 2020s.

Works from the "Bound Species" series by self-taught Canadian artist Jennifer Latour, 2020s, whose ephemeral sculptures draw from her experience as a special effects makeup artist for film and tv.

Works by German artist Elfriede Stegemeyer, 1930s, who was associated with the Cologne Progressives and dada movement, known for her photographic experimentation (photograms, montage, etc). Much of her early work was lost during an Allied bombing in 1941.

Paintings by American artist Titus Kaphar, 2010s-20s, whose practice dismantles and subverts Western art historical traditions in order to bring forth their contemporary relevance.

Paintings by Chilean artist Joaquín Reyes, 2020s.

Furniture sculpture by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, 1960s.

RIP also to Sliman Mansour hyperallergic.com/sliman-manso...

Paintings by American artist Osamu Kobayashi, 2020s.

Just heard that Mary Hellmann passed away last week, rip www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/17/m...

Paintings by Berlin-based Lithuanian artist Aistė Stancikaitė, 2020s, whose fetish-inflected imagery "explores the body as both a site of psychological inquiry and narrative construction."

Works by the MAHKU artist collective (Huni Kuin Artists Movement), 2010s-20s, a group of indigenous artists and researchers in the Brazilian Amazon. Their imagery is inspired by traditional chants and visions seen during ritualistic ingestion of ayahuasca.

Meshes of the Afternoon (1943, dir. Maya Deren & Alexandr Hackenschmied) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TPW...

Glassware by Czech artist David Valner and his studio, 2020s.