PAST. YOU MIGHT DO A DOUBLE TAKE, BUT LOOK AGAIN WHAT YOU’RE SEEING ISN’T GLASS OR EVEN A PHOTOGRAPH. IT’S A PAINTING CREATED BY HAND DOWN TO EVERY SHADOW AND GLINT OF LIGHT, FROM METAL TO BUTTONS TO ...

A whale shark under the waves caught in a beam of sunlight, a snow leopard striding forward with its eyes locked on yours – these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but in fact they were ...

As an outgrowth of photorealism, hyperrealism is a relatively new school of painting that creates the illusion that you're actually looking at a photo. Hyperrealistic artists attempt to replicate ...

In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, Photorealist painters used photographs as their subject. MOCA’s new show, “Ordinary People,” explores the underappreciated quality of the work, as well as its legacy.

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