“I received the painting below as a gift in early 1960s,” wrote Stacia Miller to the column about a portrait she had inherited. “It was left to my mother by an art collector then gifted to me. I know ...

Düsseldorf, Germany — Italian artist Lady Be turns discarded plastic toys, pens and buttons into modern mosaic tiles that she configures into iconic portraits appreciated as both pop art and ...

“I purchased it at a resale shop in Sarasota in 2015,” Sandra Daugherty explained to appraiser Brian Thomczek at a recent Trash or Treasure appraisal held at the Michigan Design Center in Troy. “I ...

It’s a familiar story: During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sonja Dapper was taking lots of walks around her Como Park neighborhood, in search of something to do. “It kind of bothers me to ...

Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, whose show "Poetics of Perception" is on display at the Taubman Museum of Art, has a portrait series called "Pictures of Garbage." Those images, which art part of the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Some might say Tess Felix’s artwork is garbage. They wouldn’t be wrong. The Marin native uses plastic debris and other waste from our daily lives that wash ...