Trompe l'oeil, I would argue, is the first truly conceptual art, more interested in what it has to say than in what it ends up looking like. For the painters in this show, that is, it's more important ...

Employing the technique known as “trompe-l’oeil,” designers have mimicked three-dimensional surfaces to elevate rooms.

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is proud to present Trompe L'Oeil: The Art of Illusion, which will be on view from Saturday, October 7 through Sunday, December 3, 2006. The art of trompe l'oeil has ...

Local artist and 2022 TAP Individual Artist Partner grantee Warren W. Kessler’s obsession with detail is in many ways the epitome of art imitating life. The trompe l’oeil painter’s recent projects ...

The current exhibit at Morven Museum and Garden is like three exhibits in one. In the opening rooms you are introduced to New Jersey artist John F. Peto (1854-1907), a leader in the trompe l'oeil ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Trompe l’oeil is a fancy but useful art term for illusionistic painting.

Trends in art often come and go -- and sometimes even re-emerge hotter than ever in a generation or two. Think impressionism. Some never go out of style. Think trompe l'oeil or trick-of-the-eye ...

Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know.

THE DAILY PIC (#1760): These two paintings by the Texan Kirk Hayes are in his solo show in the little-known Horton Gallery, near Little India in midtown Manhattan. (I was led there by Joe Wolin, my ...

The term “trompe l’oeil,” meaning “fool the eye,” is an art style that was popular in the 19th century. By then, artists and audiences had enjoyed optical illusions for thousands of years. The ...

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON -- Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art, toured the latest show in his museum 10 days before its opening. Workers were still adding the final touches as ...