Modern artists

Praised by art critics and collectors, exhibited in renowned museums... Here are the most important contemporary artists of today.

Sure, you admire the Old Masters, but there are plenty of accomplished artists from the past 100 years -enough to fill an alphabet! Andy Tuohy designed this poster featuring 26 modern artists, representing each letter of the alphabet. Some you know; others you should look up. The poster is for sale, too. Link -via Everlasting Blort...

There are so many artists out there in the world, these are the contemporary female artists that you should be aware of

An artist that's having his first Toronto show right now has been compared to Jean-Michel Basquiat, but only found out who the artist was about two...

Abstract Expressionist Joan Mitchell's first U.S. retrospective in nearly 20 years just debuted at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Are you looking for some new contemporary artists to teach your students about? On the Facebook Art Teachers group, members suggested LOTS of contemporary artists that they teach their students. These are now all compiled into ONE HUGE LIST on Google Docs! I added websites and short descriptions to most of the artists so it is easier to use. Thanks to all the teachers who collaborated to share their ideas and add artists. This huge list has about 130 artists … Read more... →

Characterised by expressive and non-representative subject matter, Artsper invites you to discover 10 of the best abstract artists.

The newest exhibit at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth opened on Sunday. "Women Painting Women" will be on view at the Modern through September 25. And

Abstract floral painting by contemporary impressionist Erin Hanson.

But for the more art-oriented child (or indeed, adult), designer Andy Tuohy has created this lovely Great Modern Artists A-Z. So now, ‘k’ is no longer for ‘kangaroo’, but for Frida Kahlo.