Artist Jason Yarmosky

Direct and intensely intimate, Jason Yarmosky's figurative paintings are emotional studies of his subjects. On the heels of "Orpheus", a painting we took a look at here earlier this year and that Yarmosky recently showed at the 25th annual "New Directions" exhibition at The Barrett Art Center in Upstate NY, Yarmosky moved into a new studio on the Lower East Side. He invited me over …

Kehinde Wiley: Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II

by Ariston Anderson This year's Art Basel Miami Beach features myriad homages to the deceased King of Pop, including works by David LaChappelle, Jeff Sonhouse and Jonathan Monk. By far, the most powerful piece on display is a semi-commissioned work by renowned Brooklyn artist Kehinde Wiley at Deitch's booth. The massive Rubens-inspired oil, called "Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II," swaps out the Spanish monarch's …

Alex Steinweiss, Inventor of the Modern Album Cover

How did some album art become so iconic that it's inseparable from the music? Mention Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, for example, and it usually conjures images of the iconic triangle prism on the cover. (Click below images for detail.) Without Alex Steinweiss, Columbia Records' first art director in 1940, the pop culture phenomenon known as the album cover may not have seen …