Faber-Castell crayons made without animal products. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Over the years there have been many conversations about the toxicity of some art materials, leading to a number of products being banned, or at least regulated.

Lead poisoning (found in certain paints

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Installation view of 'Joan Miró: Signs and figurations’ at Serralves Villa in Porto. Photo: © Filipe Braga

One morning, hidden away in an abandoned flour mill in the port city of Tarragona, Spain, an 80-year-old Joan Miró took a blowtorch to his latest painting. As the fire bu

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This fall, the artist Dan Colen will revisit and expand upon themes that have long preoccupied him in venues as diverse as Gagosian Gallery’s West 21st Street space, the Donald Judd Foundation’s Soho building, and United Nations Plaza. Gagosian will be

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The first time I went to my local paint store to pick out brushes to paint the walls of my guest room, I was shocked to discover just how many types—and sizes—of brushes were available. Did I need the sl

Local musician Camry Ivory wondered what it would be like to paint a picture and compose a song at the same time. With that in mind, she created the Coloratura: a device that plays a note with every brushstroke, allowing artists to create paintings and music simultaneously. KCUR's Julie Denesh

flood (2022), acrylic and dye on stitched canvas; courtesy of SITE Santa Fe

before and after (2022), acrylic and dye on stitched canvas; courtesy of SITE Santa Fe

beast (2022), acrylic and dye on stitched canvas; courtesy of SITE Santa Fe

flood (2022), acrylic and dye on sti