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Most enigmatic, perhaps, are large, two-sided, abstract drawings from the 1970s, both used in transferring images to canvas and ends in themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Figma aims to bring new capabilities to the platform “and become the canvas for full-stack creation,” Melwani told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
A left uppercut later in the round dumped Joshua on the canvas again.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
It’s also mild in flavor, making it an exceptional canvas for seasoning and aromatics.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The tents we'd seen previously had been torn apart, and their ragged canvas flapped limply in the fetid breeze.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Early in 2024, taggers began turning Oceanwide Plaza’s skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The artist’s long career swept in artworks made not only on cameras and canvases, but on such things as fax machines and photocopiers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Also looking to art history is Colette LaVette, whose canvases at Gillian Jason ape rococo stylings in swirls of impressionistic paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
On view were hastily brushed, large canvases of musketeers, toreadors, atelier scenes and cavorting couples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
There is an art show in Brussels, and a Belgian newspaper reported that the canvases people are most excited and curious about are by Paul Cezanne, Alfred Sisley, Auguste Renoir—and Vincent Van Gogh!
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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