Contemporary Art and Abstract Artist

What a Painter's Own Late-Career Choices Can Teach a First-Time Buyer

Georg Baselitz spent his final months choosing exactly which recurring motifs from a six-decade career to bring back together for one last show, titled from one of his own final paintings. That kin...

Returning to One Technique for Decades: Stalled Practice, or the Real Discipline?

Frank Bowling is still painting at 92, still working the same poured-color technique he started decades ago. Does staying with one method mean a practice has stalled — or is that return the real di...

A Painting Career Takes Decades To Build

What makes a painter's career last decades, not one show? Angela Simeone on evaluating a working artist before you collect or commission.