ART & DESIGN

Photos: Go Figure! An Unfashionable Art Trend Makes a Comeback

Paintings of people and things are all the rage—again.

by Fan Zhong

Figurative Artists

1

Caitlin Keogh’s The Headless Woman, 2014.

Courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery,

2

Brian Calvin’s For No One, 2014.

Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery, New York.

3

Jonas Wood’s Sunporch at Night, 2015.

Fredrik Nilsen/courtesy of the artist/Anton Kern Gallery, New York.

4

Genieve Figgis’s Lady With a Dog, 2015.

Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd/Courtesy of Almine Rech Gallery.

5

Jonathan Gardner’s Doubles, 2015.

Max Slaven/Courtesy of the artist and Mary Mary, Glasgow.

6

Jamian Juliano-Villani, in her Brooklyn studio.

Aubrey Mayer/courtesy of the Artist and JTT, New York, and Tanya Leighton, Berlin.