He was America’s foremost still life painter, specializing in painting objects like fruit, vegetables, game, and dishware arranged carefully on tables. Many of his works are included in “The Art of ...

Even in more contemporary art, the still life is still relevant. Think of Warhol's Campbell's soup cans — an examination of a common object that's ALSO a critique of commodification.

Just a couple dozen grainy photographs and a few sketchy plans are all that remain of Le Corbusier’s revolutionary Pavilion of the New Spirit, a model apartment the early Modernist architect ...

The Kimbell Art Museum’s yearslong quest to own a still-life painting by Jean Siméon Chardin has come to an end. The Cut Melon, a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist, has ...

These Haunting Still Lifes Put a Twist on Art History. Presented by Hurst Contemporary, ... I feel a hunger for life, a need or perhaps a void—that I seek to satiate through art.

It brings together dozens of still lifes realised between the 17th century and the present day, its informative captions providing a "potted social history" of Britain over the period.

The painting, by Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560-1627), is the earliest European still life in the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection, but it looks anything but rudimentary.

This excellent exhibition is a fascinating walk through the often surprisingly radical history of British still life, from an 18th-century image of a joint of beef through the surrealism of Paul ...

Lee noted that Chardin’s still-lifes are seldom seen on the market. In 2022, the Kimbell had purchased another Chardin still-life, 1761’s Basket of Wild Strawberries, for around $26 million ...