All articles tagged with #painting
A 1611 painting Air by Jan Brueghel the Elder, renowned for its detailed menagerie, appears to depict a bat catching a bird in flight. A recent PNAS paper argues this could be the first direct visual evidence of bird-eating behavior by greater noctule bats, suggesting Brueghel may have captured real natural history observations and highlighting a novel link between art and historical ecology.
Warhammer Community introduces Warhammer Academy, a free hub for newcomers and hobbyists featuring more than 150 videos on Warhammer 40,000 (with plans to expand to Warhammer Age of Sigmar) that cover lore, collecting, building and painting, and gameplay, with enrolment beginning soon.
Warhammer Community enlists top hobbyists to paint the new Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon boxed set, highlighting miniatures such as a Blood Angels Chaplain and a Weirdboy with works by Jon Gómez, Jon Ninas, José David González Ramos, Darcy Bono, Juan Sanz, Lukas Kuhn, Marko Miladinović, Patrick Brampton, Sam Lenz, Thibaut Rahm, Vincenzo Celeste, and Virginia Rosenberg; the Armageddon box launches on Saturday, 20 June, inviting readers to celebrate at their local Warhammer store.
An illustrated tour of David Hockney’s greatest works, tracing his evolution from taut 1960s LA pool portraits to expansive California and Yorkshire landscapes, pioneering photo-collage, and late-career iPad pieces and monumental panoramas such as A Year in Normandie.
David Hockney, the English artist whose shape-shifting, color-saturated work spanned painting, photography, stage design and digital media, died at 88 in London. A defining figure of modern art, he blurred perspective and celebrated impermanence with works from The Splash to Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures)—which fetched a record $90.3 million in 2018—and later iPad drawings and a Westminster Abbey stained-glass window. His career wove between Britain, California and Yorkshire, and he leaves partner Jean‑Pierre “JP” Gonçalves de Lima and two brothers.
David Hockney, who died aged 88, was Britain’s leading artist celebrated for fearless work across painting, photography, printmaking and digital media. From Bradford to Los Angeles and back to Yorkshire, he created iconic pool scenes and expansive landscapes while embracing new technologies—Polaroids, photocopiers, and iPad art—guided by his maxim to paint the things you love. His career included battles against censorship, major retrospectives, and the honor of the Order of Merit, cementing a lasting impact on modern art.
Mehretu teams with choreographer John Jasperse for Wandering, a performance weaving dancers through Mehretu’s translucent TRANSpaintings at Marian Goodman Gallery to make painting and movement influence each other. The project aims to treat both media as interdependent, creating a space where abstraction and representation mingle, using the gallery’s architecture and layered bodies to offer a living, evolving experience rather than a backdrop. Soundscapes on different floors deepen the immersive effect as viewers navigate the intimate, multi-level installation.
Warhammer Community spotlights dozens of community-painted Red Terror models from Kill Team: Terror on Devlan, featuring a variety of color schemes and terrain-friendly bases; painters demonstrate the model can look striking beyond red, with dark tones and bright carapaces. The piece highlights contributors like Andy, Luki, Angelo, Chris, and others, and teases the Spectre Squad boxed set and upcoming pre-orders.
Warhammer Community continues the Golden Demon 2026 coverage with the second batch of AdeptiCon finalists, highlighting stunning entries across Warhammer Age of Sigmar, The Old World, Blood Bowl, Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game, and more, plus a roundup video. The piece confirms Golden Demon’s return at SPIEL in Germany later this year and teases entry information for aspiring painters.
The US leg of Golden Demon 2026 reveals Finalist pins across Warhammer 40,000 categories (Single Miniature, Unit/Kill Team, Large Model or Vehicle, Epic Scale, and Diorama) with accompanying galleries of standout entries. A video roundup of the winners is linked, and Golden Demon will also appear at SPIEL in Essen in October. More Finalist features are coming next week, and Painting Desk Roadshow on Warhammer TV will include interviews, including with Slayer Sword winner David Arroba.
Warhammer Community’s video recap covers the Golden Demon competition at Adepticon 2026, where top painters from around the world competed, with the Warhammer team debriefing after judging, announcing winners, and highlighting standout moments from the event.
The US leg of Golden Demon 2026 was revealed at AdeptiCon in Milwaukee, crowning winners across multiple categories (from Warhammer 40,000 to Middle-earth) and awarding the Slayer Sword to David Arroba; Warhammer Community will feature daily Painting Desk Roadshow coverage on Warhammer+, and the European leg returns to Spiel Essen in October.
Taylor Swift created a hand-painted, hand-sewn artwork for Selena Gomez's 30th birthday in 2022—a lakeside scene at night with moon and stars and a stitched message 'Here's to the next 30 years'—and Gomez revealed the touching gift on a podcast, also noting Swift's song Dorothea is about her and mentioning an unreleased track about their friendship.
Warhammer Studio painters show off Cataphractii Terminators across several Legions, emphasizing the models’ tall, imposing armor and detailed Legion schemes; both Volkite charger + power maul and combi-bolter + power fist configurations are set to go up for pre-order tomorrow.
Warhammer Community launches the Million Miniatures Challenge and the Call to Arms promotion, inviting fans to pledge to paint 25+, 50+, or 100+ miniatures by May 9 at local Warhammer stores. The team shares their own pledges (ranging from 25 to 100+ models) and notes rewards for milestones (a pin badge at 25, a purity-seal water pot stand at 50, and a brush tin at 100). The article also promotes recruiting newcomers via Call to Arms, tracking progress at stores, and mentions the upcoming Commemorative Series miniatures and store finder to participate.