An ink wash painting shows rain coming down through a mostly black-and-white forest. Though a still image, 84-year-old painter Bang Ui-geol’s “Showers I,” seems to bring the misty scene to life, ...

Xu Bing, "Square Word Calligraphy - The Song of Wandering Aengus Poem by William Butler Yeats" (1999), ink on paper. Installation view of Summoning Memories: Art ...

Dave Schultz has spent more than two decades leaving his mark on people's skin. Now, he's making an impression on canvas too. The London-based tattoo artist, best known for his bold line work and ...

Traditional Chinese painting - especially ink-and-wash painting - has not taken too many local artists to the global arena. For centuries, their work centered around contrasting black with white and ...

The pursuit of beauty has been a timeless thread weaving throughout human history. China's distinct aesthetics are not only embodied in every aspect of Chinese life, but also increasingly bringing ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat, the late neo-expressionist whose tragic life story inspired a 1996 film, used invisible ink to draw secret figures in at least one of his early paintings, Artnet News reported ...