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painting

[peyn-ting] / ˈpeɪn tɪŋ /




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The two events offered some of the most captivating work in recent memory, from paintings that integrate AI to head-spinning ceramic sculptures.

From The Wall Street Journal

The phrase “Abstract Expressionist” conjures up hard-drinking, chain-smoking men arguing loudly in the male-dominated enclaves of the Cedar Tavern and the Club about what paintings can and cannot be.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jessie Homer French has been painting folk-inflected scenes of environmental catastrophe for decades, but her consistent message and style remain bracingly fresh in the presentation by Various Small Fires.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the evening of a gala, someone steals Aoki’s finest painting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Later that year, in October, an Extinction Rebellion activist was ordered to pay more than £1,500 for defacing the statue by painting "racist" on its plinth during a climate protest.

From BBC